LIBERTY SURPLUS INS. CORP. v. LEDESMA & MEYER CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.

No. S236765.

5 Cal.5th 216 (2018)

LIBERTY SURPLUS INSURANCE CORPORATION et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. LEDESMA & MEYER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

June 4, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shernoff Bidart Echeverria, Michael J. Bidart , Ricardo Echeverria ; The Ehrlich Law Firm and Jeffrey I. Ehrlich for Defendants and Appellants.

Steven W. Murray as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Kasowitz Benson Torres and Brian P. Brosnahan for Franciscan Friars of California, Inc., and Province of the Holy Name, Inc., as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Weinstein & Numbers, Barron L. Weinstein , Charles H. Numbers and Shanti Eagle for California Catholic Conference and Association of Christian Schools International as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Andrade Gonzalez, Sean A. Andrade , Stephen V. Masterson ; Jones Day, David W. Steuber and Tara C. Kowalski for the Los Angeles Unified School District as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

IP Business Law and Antonio R. Sarabia II for National Center for Victims of Crime as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Covington & Burling, David B. Goodwin , Michael S. Greenberg and Marienna H. Murch for United Policyholders as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, Wayte & Carruth, Patrick Fredette and Christopher Ryan for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

Crowell & Moring and Brendan V. Mullan for Complex Insurance Claims Litigation Association and American Insurance Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.


OPINION

Here we consider a question of California insurance law posed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit: When a third party sues an employer for the negligent hiring, retention, and supervision of an employee who intentionally injured that third party, does the suit allege an "occurrence...

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