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MINKLER v. SAFECO INS. CO. OF AMERICA

No. S174016.

49 Cal.4th 315 (2010)

110 Cal. Rptr. 3d 612

232 P.3d 612

SCOTT MINKLER, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

June 17, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shernoff Bidart Darras Echeverria, Shernoff Bidart Echeverria, Michael J. Bidart, Ricardo Echeverria; The Ehrlich Law Firm and Jeffrey Isaac Ehrlich for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Steven W. Murray as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Christina J. Imre, Gregory Halliday and William Burger for Defendant and Respondent.

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith and Raul L. Martinez for American Insurance Association, Pacific Association of Domestic Insurance Companies and Property Casualty Insurers Association of America as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

BAXTER, J.—

We have agreed to answer a question of California insurance law directed to us by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Scott Minkler (Scott) sued David Schwartz (David) and David's mother, Betty Schwartz (Betty), alleging that David, an adult, sexually molested Scott, then a minor. The complaint alleged, among other things, that some of the acts of molestation occurred in Betty's home, and as a...

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