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WATTS INDUSTRIES v. ZURICH AMERICAN INS.

No. B162067.

18 Cal.Rptr.3d 61 (2004)

121 Cal.App.4th 1029

WATTS INDUSTRIES, INC., et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Four.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing September 15, 2004.

Review Denied December 1, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Williams, Smyth & Jacks, Richard D. Williams, Los Angeles, Jerid R. Maybaum, Encino, and Robert Cooper; Wiley, Rein & Fielding and Richard A. Ifft for Defendant and Appellant.

Bien & Summers and Elliot L. Bien, Novato, for Complex Insurance Claims Litigation Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Weston, Benshoof, Rochefort, Rubalcava & MacCuish, David S. MacCuish, Richard Giller and Andrew M. Gilford, Los Angeles, for Plaintiff and Respondent Watts Industries, Inc.

Stanzler, Funderburk & Castellon, Jordan S. Stanzler, Ruben A. Castellon and Shane Stafford for Plaintiff and Respondent James Jones Company.

Law Offices of Scott C. Turner, Scott C. Turner, Carmel; Law Offices of Amy Bach and Amy Bach, Mill Valley, for United Policyholders as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.

EPSTEIN, Acting P.J.

This suit involves an insurer's duty to defend a policyholder who claims there is a possibility of coverage in an underlying suit. The plaintiffs and policyholders in this case are Watts Industries, Inc. (Watts) and James Jones Company (Jones), manufacturers of parts used in municipal water systems. In an underlying suit, various municipalities allege injury to their water systems and lead contamination of water flowing through the systems, resulting...

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