HOME INS. CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. S110328.

22 Cal.Rptr.3d 885 (2005)

34 Cal.4th 1025

103 P.3d 283

The HOME INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Los Angeles County, Respondent; Montrose Chemical Corporation of California, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

January 13, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charlston, Revich, Chamberlin & Williams, Charlston, Revich & Chamberlin, Stephen P. Soskin and Timothy F. Rivers, Los Angeles, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Latham & Watkins, David L. Mulliken, San Diego, Charles S. Treat, San Francisco, Diana Strauss Casey and Marc D. Halpern, San Diego, for Real Party in Interest.

Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, David B. Goodwin; Munger, Tolles & Olson, Cary B. Lerman, Paul J. Watford, Los Angeles, and Anne M. Voigts, San Francisco, for Kelly-Moore Paint Company, Inc. and Bayer CropScience Inc., as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.


GEORGE, C.J.

After federal and state authorities brought several actions against real party in interest Montrose Chemical Corporation of California (Montrose Chemical), seeking recovery for environmental damage allegedly caused by its operations at several sites, Montrose Chemical filed a lawsuit seeking declaratory relief against its primary insurance carriers to establish their duties to defend or indemnify pursuant...

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