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AMERICAN STATES INS. CO. v. PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INS. CO.

No. C058641.

180 Cal.App.4th 18 (2009)

AMERICAN STATES INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of William J. Diffenderfer, Lisa L. Pan; Lombardi, Loper & Conant, Ralph A. Lombardi and Lori A. Sebransky for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Coddington, Hicks & Danforth, Randolph S. Hicks and Andrew P. Collier for Defendant and Respondent Progressive Casualty Insurance Company.

McNulty & Saacke and Charles F. Saacke for Defendant and Respondent Wilshire Insurance Company.

OPINION

BUTZ, J.—

Liability insurance policies for commercial motor vehicles typically include an "omnibus clause." As pertinent here, that clause defines as an "insured" one who is vicariously liable for the conduct of a named insured or a permissive user in using or operating the covered vehicle.

In this appeal, we conclude that such an "omnibus clause" may make a person or entity that is potentially vicariously liable under...

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