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California Courts of Appeal

Aug. 6, 2009

Appeals Case Went On and On -- and Could Go On Some More

After more than three years and two oral arguments, the 4th District Court of Appeal finally got to the bottom of a case about denial of coverage, overturning an $11 million judgment against the insurance company.

By Laura Ernde
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Justice David G. Sills of the 4th District Court of Appeal in Santa Ana candidly admitted in the first sentence of his opinion: "At first we did not know what to make of this case."

After more than three years and two oral arguments, Sills and his colleagues finally got to the bottom of the complex, hard-fought legal issues. On Friday, the court overturned an $11 million judgment against an insurance compan...

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