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· 3/31/1993

Hertz Corp. v. Home Insurance

Citations

  • 14 Cal. App. 4th 1071
  • 18 Cal. Rptr. 2d 267
  • 93 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2492
  • 93 Daily Journal DAR 4196
  • 1993 Cal. App. LEXIS 353

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that because excess liability coverage is entitled to broader exemptions and exclusions than primary coverage, a conspicuous and unambiguous DUI exclusion is enforceable therein
  • stating that an excess policy may contain an exclusion for drunk driving whereas a primary policy is prohibited from containing such an exclusion
  • stating that an excess policy may contain an exclusion for drunk driving whereas a primary policy is prohibited from containing such an exclusion
  • excess liability insurance policy’s incorporation of prohibited use of the rental agreement was unambiguous and sufficiently clear to be enforceable
  • “when a policy contains sufficiently clear language, it matters not that the insured 27 . . . failed to read it”

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Judges: Froehlich

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