Parent Company Did Not Have Contractual Relationship With Insurer, Panel Says

(April 5, 2016, 11:57 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A trial court did not err in sustaining an insurer’s demurrer because the parent company of the insured failed to show that it had a contractual relationship with the insurer entitling it to allege a claim for declaratory relief, the First District California Court of Appeal said March 30 (D. Cummins Corp., et al. v. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co., et al., No. A142985, Calif. App., 1st Dist., Div. 2; 2016 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 2411)....