California Court of Appeal

An insurer was not precluded by Insurance Code section 554 from denying liability for pre-tender expenses incurred to defend an underlying action, under a no-voluntary-payments provision of an insurance policy, and that provision precludes recovery of pre-tender expenses.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/20/2002
• Published 12/20/2002

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  John A. Belcher, Los Angeles, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Selman Breitman, and Alan B. Yuter and Rachel E. Hobbs, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent.