California Court Vacates Default Judgments Against Insulator’s Insurer

Mealey's (February 12, 2019, 1:05 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — An insurer’s apparently honest late discovery of a policy covering a defunct company’s asbestos liabilities warrants vacating a quartet of default judgments and giving the insurer a chance to defend itself, a California appeals court held Feb. 1 (Marvin Londene v. Associated Insulation of California Inc., et al., No. A149605, John Baldwin, et al. v. Associated Insulation of California Inc., et al., No. A149607, Paula Tarjani, et al. v. Associated Insulation of California Inc., et al., No. A149610, Vonal Clyde v. Associated Insulation of California Inc., et al., No. A149612, Calif. App., 1st Dist., 2019 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 832)....

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