Accident/Occurrence Requirement Does not Preclude Coverage for Vicarious Liability or Negligent Supervision
Posted by Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP on Jun 7th 2018
In Liberty Surplus Ins. Corp. v. Ledesma & Meyer Construction Co., Inc. (No. S236765, filed 6/4/18) (L&M), the California Supreme Court ruled that the liability insurance requirement that injury be caused by an “occurrence,” defined as an “accident,” does not preclude coverage of an employer’s independent tort liability for injury deliberately caused by its employee.In L&M, Liberty insured a construction company that contracted to manage a construction project at a middle school in S
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