California Court of Appeal

In coverage dispute stemming from an action in which a customer sued the insured for, among other claims, assault and battery committed by the insured's business manager, summary judgment for insurer is reversed where the trial court erred in finding the insurer had no duty to defend as existing case law indicates acts committed by an insured in self-defense can be deemed an accident, instead of intentional and deliberate.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/26/2007
• Published 09/26/2007

Judges

• JOHNSON, Acting P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Snyder & Dorenfeld, David K. Dorenfeld and Rodger S. Greiner, Calabasas, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Summers & Shives, Robert V. Closson and Ian G. Williamson, San Diego, for Defendants and Respondents.