California Court of Appeal

In plaintiff's suit against its insurer for breach of duty to defend against a claim that plaintiff's advertisements disparaged another company's products, trial court's grant of the insurer's motion for summary judgment is affirmed where: 1) the insurer had no duty to defend plaintiff in the underlying action because its advertisements did not expressly refer to the other company's products and did not "disparage" their product or business; and 2) there was no coverage or potential for coverage for "advertising injury" under the insurance policy.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/29/2012
• Published 10/29/2012

Judges

• Kitching

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel