State of Cal. v. Continental Ins.

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Filed 9/19/12 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ) ) Plaintiff, Cross-Defendant ) and Appellant, ) ) v. ) ) CONTINENTAL INSURANCE ) COMPANY et al., ) ) Defendants, Cross) Complaints and Appellants; ) ) EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF ) WAUSAU, ) ) Defendant, Cross) Complainant and Respondent. ) ____________________________________) S170560 Ct. App. 4/2 E041425 Riverside County Super. Ct. No. 239784 BY THE COURT: MODIFICATION OF OPINION The opinion, State of California v. Continental Insurance Company et al., filed August 9, 2012, and apprearing at 55 Cal.4th 186, is modified as follows: 1. At page 191, first paragraph, second sentence, delete insured the subject property at some point in time during the loss itself and substitute insured the State during the property damage itself. 2. At page 191, second paragraph, first sentence, delete covering the property loss and substitute covering the State s liability. 3. At page 192, first pargraph, final sentence, delete The site was uninsured and substitute The State was uninsured. 4. At page 193, third full paragraph, delete the entire fourth sentence, and substitute: The court then concluded that the State had to choose a single policy period for the entire liability coverage, and it could recover only up to the total policy limits in effect during that policy period. 5. At page 194, second full paragraph, second to last sentence, delete property and substitute policyholder. 6. At page 197, first full paragraph, next to last sentence, delete as long as the property is insured and substitute as long as the policyholder is insured. 7. At page 202, Conclusion, first sentence, delete the State s successive property or long-tail first party property loss and substitute the State s liability for successive or long-tail property damage. This modification does not affect the judgment.

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