· 10/28/1992
Chatton v. National Union Fire Insurance
Citations
- 10 Cal. App. 4th 846
- 13 Cal. Rptr. 2d 318
- 92 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8862
- 92 Daily Journal DAR 14724
- 1992 Cal. App. LEXIS 1267
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that the term “unfair competition” is not ambiguous, and clearly means the common law tort of passing off rather than fraudulent practices against the public as defined in the statute
- “it has been held that opinion evidence is completely irrelevant to interpret an insurance contract”
- “It is well settled that intentional or fraudulent acts are deemed purposeful rather than accidental and, therefore, are not covered under a CGL policy.”
- no coverage under property damage clause for bodily injury arising from negligently inflicted economic loss not qualifying as “property damage”
- listing numerous cases construing “bodily injury”
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Judges: Anderson
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