Carmel Development Co. v. RLI Insurance

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• how a policy happens to be labelled is \not dispositive; it is the policy language that controls the attachment of coverage\
• “Only if the two policies were insuring the same risk at the same level of coverage will we proceed to determine whether the ‘other insurance’ clauses conflicted and thus required equitable pro-ration” of defense or indemnity costs
• policy was excess over all \scheduled underlying insurance\ and any \unscheduled underlying insurance\
• ‘‘[t]he inapplicability of secondary coverage until exhaustion of primary limits generally holds true even where there is more underly- ing primary insurance than contemplated by the terms of the secondary policy’’ (internal quotation marks omit- ted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Westport Ins. Corp. v. California Casualty Mgt.
  Ninth Circuit· 2019-02-20· cited 32×
• Advent, Inc. v. National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh
  California Court of Appeal· 2016-12-06· cited 18×
• Flintkote Co. v. General Accident Assurance Co.
  N.D. California· 2006-01-19· cited 16×
• GREAT WESTERN DRYWALL v. Interstate Fire & Casualty Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 2008-03-12· cited 11×
• Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. v. American International Surplus Lines Insurance
  S.D. California· 2006-03-29· cited 11×
• Nautilus Insurance Company v. Lexington Insurance Company.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2014-02-13· cited 11×
• Schermer v. Tatum
  California Court of Appeal· 2016-03-18· cited 8×
• Great Western Drywall, Inc. v. Interstate Fire & Casualty Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 2008-03-12· cited 8×
• JPI Westcoast Construction, L.P. v. RJS & Associates, Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 2007-10-26· cited 6×
• Montrose Chem. Corp. v. Superior Court of State
  California Court of Appeals, 5th District· 2017-08-31· cited 5×
• Residence Mutual Insurance v. Travelers Indemnity Co.
  C.D. California· 2014-06-13· cited 5×
• Clarendon Nat'l Ins. Co. v. Lexington Ins. Co.
  N.D. Ohio· 2018-06-04· cited 3×
• Westport Insurance Corp. v. California Casualty Management Co.
  N.D. California· 2017-04-07· cited 1×
• Pacific Enterprises v. Federal Insurance
  Ninth Circuit· 2006-06-06· cited 1×
• Montrose Chemical Corp. v. Super. Ct.
  California Court of Appeal· 2017-09-08
• SantaFe Braun v. Ins. Co. of North America
  California Court of Appeal· 2020-07-13
• Continental Casualty Co. v. Rohr, Inc.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2020-12-15
• Am. States Ins. Co. v. Ins. Co. of Pa.
  E.D. California· 2018-03-29
• California Capital Ins. Co. v. Employers Compensation Ins. Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 2023-03-21

Cites

25 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Waller v. Truck Insurance Exchange, Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 1995-08-28· cited 1,265×
• AIU Insurance v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1990-11-15· cited 724×
• Fireman's Fund Insurance v. Maryland Casualty Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 1998-07-31· cited 275×
• State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. LiMauro
  New York Court of Appeals· 1985-07-02· cited 145×
• Dart Industries, Inc. v. Commercial Union Insurance Co.
  California Supreme Court· 2002-08-19· cited 117×
• Allstate Insurance Company, an Illinois Corporation v. The Employers Liability Assurance Corp., Ltd., and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1971-08-25· cited 99×
• Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. v. Allstate Insurance
  New York Court of Appeals· 1980-12-22· cited 79×
• Olympic Insurance v. Employers Surplus Lines Insurance
  California Court of Appeal· 1981-12-08· cited 78×
• Holz Rubber Co., Inc. v. American Star Ins. Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1975-04-18· cited 63×
• Reliance National Indemnity Co. v. General Star Indemnity Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 1999-06-09· cited 62×
• Maryland Casualty Co. v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance
  California Court of Appeal· 2000-06-06· cited 58×
• Community Redevelopment Agency v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 1996-10-29· cited 51×
• Home Insurance v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance
  First Circuit· 2000-10-11· cited 38×
• Hartford Casualty Insurance v. Travelers Indemnity Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 2003-07-16· cited 36×
• Century Surety Co. v. United Pacific Insurance
  California Court of Appeal· 2003-06-25· cited 32×
• Centennial Ins. Co. v. US Fire Ins. Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 2001-03-30· cited 31×
• Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. v. American Equity Insurance
  California Court of Appeal· 2001-10-18· cited 31×
• Unnamed case
  Ninth Circuit· 1992-05-27· cited 29×
• CSE Ins. Group v. Northbrook Property & Cas. Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 1994-04-11· cited 26×
• Commerce & Industry Insurance v. Chubb Custom Insurance
  California Court of Appeal· 1999-10-07· cited 25×