STANFORD RANCH, INC., a California Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MARYLAND CASUALTY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee

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• “[A] claim dependent on the existence of an underlying contract, sounds in contract, as opposed to tort.”
• “[A] claim dependent on the existence of an underlying contract sounds in contract, as opposed to tort.”
• “If a claim is dependent upon the existence of an underlying contract, the claim sounds in contract, as opposed to tort.”
• “It is the duty of the appellate court to make its own independent determination of the meaning of the language used in the contract under considera- tion.”
• If there is 12 no coverage, the inquiry ends as “[t]here is no need to look to the exclusions because they cannot 13 expand the basic coverage granted in the insuring agreement.”

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