STAMM THEATRES, INC. v. HARTFORD CAS.

Nos. A089933, A090372.

113 Cal.Rptr.2d 300 (2002)

93 Cal.App.4th 531

STAMM THEATRES, INC., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. HARTFORD CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent. Stamm Theatres, Inc., et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. Hartford Casualty Insurance Company, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

Review Denied January 23, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chipman Miles, Walnut Creek, and William C. Reeves, Sacramento; Miles, Brummitt & Passalacqua, Counsel for Plaintiffs and Appellants, Stamm Theatres, Inc., et al.

Edward Rudloff, Jr., San Francisco, Marjie D. Barrows, and Susan A. Byron; Rudloff, Wood & Barrows, Counsel for Defendant and Respondent, Hartford Casualty Insurance Company.


Certified for Partial Publication.*

PARRILLI, J.

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