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Insurance

Sep. 17, 1999

Ordinary People

Ordinary People CGL Policy Covers Breach-of-Contract Damages The court explained that there was no evidence that the parties had intended the language involved to have a special meaning.

        By Kirk A. Pasich
        
        On Aug. 30, the California Supreme Court rendered its long-awaited decision in Vandenberg v. Superior Court, 21 Cal.4th 615 (1999). In Vandenberg, the court addressed a hotly debated insurance issue - whether a comprehensive or commercial general-liability insurance policy that covers an in...

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