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GRIFFIN DEWATERING CORP. v. NORTHERN INS. CO. OF NEW YORK

No. G036896.

176 Cal.App.4th 172 (2009)

GRIFFIN DEWATERING CORPORATION, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK, Defendant and Appellant.

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

July 31, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Horvitz & Levy, Mitchell C. Tilner, Curt Cutting, Felix Shafir; Williams Law Group, Kelly Lytton & Williams, Richard D. Williams; Meckler Bulger & Tilson, Meckler Bulger Tilson Marick & Pearson, Scott Seaman and Karen M. Dixon for Defendant and Appellant.

Law Offices of Timothy C. Cronin, Timothy C. Cronin, Michael A. Mazzocone; Law Offices of Daniel U. Smith and Daniel U. Smith for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Dickstein Shapiro, Kirk A. Pasich, Cassandra S. Franklin and Stephanie A. Sullins as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

SILLS, P. J.—

I. INTRODUCTION

At first we did not know what to make of this case. There was a $10 million judgment obtained by a nationwide groundwater pumping and control company, against its liability insurer. The compensatory damages—all of which consisted of the attorney fees and costs incurred to sue the insurer for the $10 million—were...

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