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· 4/6/1979

Congregation of Rodef Sholom of Marin v. American Motorists Insurance

Citations

  • 91 Cal. App. 3d 690
  • 154 Cal. Rptr. 348
  • 1979 Cal. App. LEXIS 1614

How courts have described this case

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

  • construing exclusionary clause in light of strong public interest in compensation for victim
  • mental capacity of insured is litigable issue when insurance company denies liability on ground that Cal.Ins.Code Sec. 533 precludes coverage
  • mental capacity of insured is litigable issue when insurance company denies liability on ground that Cabins.Code § 533 precludes coverage
  • testimony by insured's psychiatrist that insured had schizoid personality caused by mental disease
  • testimony by insured’s psychiatrist that insured had schizoid personality caused by mental disease
  • trial court erred in failing to give instruction that act was not intentional if committed while insured was suffering from a mental defect which deprived him of capacity to conform his conduct in accordance with reason

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Judges: Scott, Feinberg, Halvonik

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