Supreme Court of California

The term "advertising injury" as used in the commercial general liability policy at issue requires widespread promotion to the public, such that one-on-one solicitation of a few customers does not give rise to the insurer's duty to defend the underlying lawsuit.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/03/2003
• Published 07/03/2003

Judges

• CHIN, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Daniel S. Klein, Irvine;  Law Offices of Barnard F. Klein and Barnard F. Klein, Trabuco Canyon, for Plaintiff and Appellant., Homampour & Associates and Arash Homampour, Beverly Hills, for Coast to Coast Computer Products as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant., Gauntlett & Associates, David A. Gauntlett and Eric R. Little, Irvine, for United Policyholders as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Hawkins, Schnabel, Lindahl & Beck, Lindahl, Schnabel, Kardassakis & Beck, Jon Kardassakis, Jeffrey D. Wolfe, Los Angeles, and Kurt G. Gresenz for Defendant and Respondent., Nielsen, Haley & Abbott, James C. Nielsen and Jennifer S. Cohn for United National Group as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent., Wiley Rein & Fielding, Laura A. Foggan, John C. Yang, Thomas S. Garrett, Washington, D.C.;  Sinnott, Dito, Moura & Puebla, Randolph P. Sinnott, Los Angeles, and J. Karren Baker, San Francisco, for the Complex Insurance Claims Litigation Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent., Law Offices of Michael A. Mathews and Michael A. Mathews for National Association of Independent Insurers and Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.,  Horvitz & Levy, Frederic D. Cohen and Peter Abrahams, Encino, for American International Companies Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent., Selman Breitman, Neil H. Selman, Jan L. Pocaterra and Lynette Klawon, Los Angeles, for Scottsdale Insurance Company Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.