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· 10/28/1963

Kelley v. British Commercial Insurance

Citations

  • 221 Cal. App. 2d 554
  • 34 Cal. Rptr. 564

How courts have described this case

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

  • rejecting the theory that appellant “owed no duty of good faith toward its insured because it occupied the position of a secondary or excess carrier and took no active part in the defense of the. Kelley action”
  • ‘Once communication is presumed or shown to have occurred, the principal is charged with knowledge of all the information acquired by the agent relative to the scope of his agency.’

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Judges: Shoemaker

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