Is an insurer required to defend any action that potentially seeks damages within the coverage of the policy?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Lebas Fashion Imports of USA, Inc. v. ITT Hartford Ins. Group, 44 Cal.App.4th 531, 52 Cal.Rptr.2d 26 (Cal. App. 1996):
It is now settled that an insurer must defend any action which potentially seeks damages within the coverage of the policy. (Gray v. Zurich Insurance Co. (1966)
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