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· 3/7/1984

State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Drasin

Citations

  • 152 Cal. App. 3d 864
  • 199 Cal. Rptr. 749
  • 1984 Cal. App. LEXIS 1714

How courts have described this case

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

  • determining that “business pursuit” need not be insured’s sole or primary occupation
  • rejecting argument that insured's activities were not excluded because they were not done in his capacity as an attorney; collecting cases
  • rejecting argument that insured's activities were not excluded because they were not done in his capacity as an attorney; collecting cases
  • affirming summary judgment in favor of insurer where underlying malicious prosecution action was still “pending,” because malicious prosecution requires a wilful act
  • considering the length of time the insured was engaged in a partnership
  • the insureds’ limited partnership in mining leases was a business pursuit even though one of the partners was an attorney by profession

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Judges: Stephens

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