CATHOLIC HEALTHCARE WEST v. CALIFORNIA INS. GUARANTEE ASSN.

No. F055842.

178 Cal.App.4th 15 (2009)

CATHOLIC HEALTHCARE WEST, Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Appellant, v. CALIFORNIA INSURANCE GUARANTEE ASSOCIATION, Defendant, Cross-complainant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

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Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hayes Davis Bonino Ellingson McLay & Scott, Mark G. Bonino and Phuong N. Fingerman for Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Appellant.

Guilford Steiner Sarvas & Carbonara and Alan D. Sarvas for Defendant, Cross-complainant and Respondent.


OPINION

ARDAIZ, P. J.

In 1985, a nurse working at a hospital suffered a back injury in the course of her employment. By September 2004, approximately $1.6 million had been paid on the nurse's workers' compensation claim for wage indemnity, medical care, and vocational rehabilitation. The nurse's employer paid the first $150,000 under the self-insured retention on its excess workers' compensation insurance policy. By the time the retention...

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