Supreme Court of California

Defendant-insurance company's duty to indemnify does not extend to the costs of complying with a governmental agency's environmental cleanup orders where such administratively imposed liabilities do not constitute "money ordered by a court."

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/29/2005
• Published 08/29/2005

Judges

• BAXTER, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John J. Sansone, County Counsel, William A. Johnson, Jr., and William L. Pettingill, Deputy County Counsel;  Massie, Berman & Millerick, LaSala & Millerick, Michael F. Millerick;  Latham & Watkins, David L. Mulliken and Christine G. Rolph, San Diego, for Cross-complainant and Appellant., Anderson Kill & Olick, Alex D. Hardiman, William G. Passannante;  Law Offices of Amy Bach and Amy Bach, Mill Valley, for United Policyholders as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Cross-complainant and Appellant., Zevnik Horton and David S. Cox, Los Angeles, for ITT Industries, Inc., and Rayonier, Inc., as Amici Curiae on behalf of Cross-complainant and Appellant., Daley & Heft, Solano Beach, and Margaret A. Hendrick, for California State Association of Counties as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Cross-complainant and Appellant., Stanzler Funderburk & Castellon, Jordan S. Stanzler and William W. Funderburk, Jr., San Francisco, for California Cast Metals Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Cross-complainant and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Crowell & Moring, Jonathan H. Pittman, Mark D. Plevin, Washington, DC;  Chapin Shea McNitt & Carter, Edward D. Chapin, Maria C. Roberts, Shirley A. Gauvin, San Diego;  Berman & Aiwasian and Deborah A. Aiwasian, Los Angeles, for Cross-defendants and Respondents., Wiley Rein & Fielding, Laura A. Fogan, John C. Yang, Paul J. Haase, Los Angeles;  Sinnott, Dito, Moura & Puebla, Randolph P. Sinnott and John J. Moura, Los Angeles, for Complex Insurance Claims Litigation Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Cross-defendants and Respondents., Hancock Rothert & Bunshoft, Patrick A. Cathcart, William J. Baron and Kathryn C. Ashton, San Francisco, for London Market Insurers as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Cross-defendants and Respondents.