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Musick Peeler’s Business Litigation Group represents clients in a wide variety of business and corporate litigation matters.

Month: May 2022

Intentional Conduct Is Not An “Accident” Despite Insured’s Mistaken Belief

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By Chad A. Westfall on May 13, 2022
Posted in Insurance,

In Ghukasian v. Aegis Security Insurance Company, 2022 WL 1421511 (Cal. App. 2 Dist. 2022), the California Court of Appeal recently confirmed that, under established California law, an intentional action by an insured is not an “accident” even if the insured believed it had the legal right to take that action.

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Section 533 Bars Coverage for Successor’s Liability

By Jennifer M. Kokes on May 9, 2022
Posted in Insurance,

In Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s London v. ConAgra Grocery Prod. Co., 2022 WL 1164981 (Cal. Ct. App. Apr. 19, 2022), the California Court of Appeal rejected an insured’s attempt to foist onto its insurers a $102 million lead abatement settlement that followed from an underlying class action judgment.

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