California Court of Appeal

Summary judgment for plaintiff's claim is granted where its allegations that defendant 1) injured its water, and 2) used substandard parts containing hazardous materials raise a possibility of coverage sufficient to trigger a duty to defend.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/24/2004
• Published 08/24/2004

Judges

• EPSTEIN, Acting P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Williams, Smyth & Jacks, Richard D. Williams, Los Angeles, Jerid R. Maybaum, Encino, and Robert Cooper;  Wiley, Rein & Fielding and Richard A. Ifft for Defendant and Appellant., Bien & Summers and Elliot L. Bien, Novato, for Complex Insurance Claims Litigation Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant., Weston, Benshoof, Rochefort, Rubalcava & MacCuish, David S. MacCuish, Richard Giller and Andrew M. Gilford, Los Angeles, for Plaintiff and Respondent Watts Industries, Inc., Stanzler, Funderburk & Castellon, Jordan S. Stanzler, Ruben A. Castellon and Shane Stafford for Plaintiff and Respondent James Jones Company., Law Offices of Scott C. Turner, Scott C. Turner, Carmel;  Law Offices of Amy Bach and Amy Bach, Mill Valley, for United Policyholders as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.