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Letter to the Editor

Aug. 16, 2012

Reports of Continental’s impact are greatly exaggerated

While the court allowed "stacking" of policies absent an "anti stacking" provision, it noted an insurance company's right to limit liability by including such provisions in a policy. By Joshua N. Willis of MacGregor & Berthel

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR COLUMN

In a doom and gloom article interpreting last Thursday's state Supreme Court decision in State of California v Continental Insurance, 2012 DJDAR 11033 (Cal. Aug. 9, 2012), which permitted "stacking" of insurance policies in certain circumstances, the Daily Journal suggests a dramatic impact on the insurance industry, quoting one of the defense attorneys in the case that, "I think it will make [insurance companies] mor...

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