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- Title: Norcal Mutual Insurance Company v. Newton
- Author : California Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 10, 2000
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 89 KB
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Centennial Insurance Company (Centennial) appeals from a judgment entered in favor of respondent United States Fire Insurance Company (U.S. Fire) using the "time on the risk" method to apportion the parties respective defense costs accrued in defending their mutual insured. Centennial contends the trial courts choice of a method of allocation based on the carriers respective time on the risk resulted in an inequitable allocation of defense costs; it asks this court to establish a "single bright line rule" mandating the equal apportionment of defense costs among multiple insurers in all cases. Centennials arguments are unsupported by established law and its position is undermined by the facts of the case. We therefore affirm the judgment.