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· 5/29/1998

Collett v. Insurance Co. of the West

Citations

  • 75 Cal. Rptr. 2d 165
  • 64 Cal. App. 4th 338
  • 98 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 4137
  • 98 Daily Journal DAR 5667
  • 1998 Cal. App. LEXIS 479

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that materially similar “work completed exclusion” removed coverage, for claim for damages relating to repair and replacement of collapsed retaining wall defectively constructed by insured
  • holding that a building inspector hired by masonry contractor was not a “subcontractor,” even under the broadest definition of that term
  • holding that an inspector the insured hired was not a “subcontractor” because “[w]hile the inspector may have failed to catch defects in the retaining walls, he did not put them there[, the insured] did”

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Judges: Wallin

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