California Court of Appeal June 26, 2002, D038580 (Golden Eagle Insurance Co. v. Insurance of the West)

Opinion

McCONNELL, J.

This case involves a dispute among insurers regarding the allocation of defense costs of an indemnitee that the insured assumed under an indemnity agreement. Golden Eagle Insurance Company (Golden Eagle) and Insurance Company of the West (ICW) each paid one-half of an arbitration award in favor of the indemnitee for $605,374.