California Court of Appeal

In plaintiff's suit against insurers to recover on a judgment arising from an underlying case against a Catholic Bishop that retained a priest in his diocese who molested plaintiff, trial court's judgment is affirmed where: 1) defendant insurer had a duty to indemnify the Bishop for damages assessed in the underlying litigation and plaintiff, as a judgment creditor, was entitled to recover against the insurer on that judgment; 2) trial court properly calculated the amount of recovery on the judgment; 3) defendant breached its duty to defend and owed contribution to the defending insurers; 4) defendant breached its duty to settle the underlying case; 5) defendant acted in bad faith; 6) bad faith damages were properly calculated; 7) Brandt fees were properly awarded; 8) plaintiffs are entitled to prejudgment interest; 9) trial court erred in awarding JAMS fees to plaintiffs; 10) trial court did not err in awarding plaintiffs' deposition costs; and 11) trial court did not abuse its discretion in awarding other costs.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/11/2010
• Published 08/11/2010

Judges

• Sepulveda, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David M. Glaspy, Tony J. Tanke