McWethy v. Cal. Ins. Guarantee Assn.
Filed 6/30/06 McWethy v. Cal. Ins. Guarantee Assn. CA4/3
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION THREE
MARY McWETHY et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CALIFORNIA INSURANCE GUARANTEE ASSOCIATION, Defendant and Respondent. | G035992 (Super. Ct. No. 04CC04885) O P I N I O N |
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Orange County, Mary Fingal Erickson, Judge. Affirmed.
Stern & Goldberg, Alan N. Goldberg; Westover & Westover and Harry E. Westover for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
Lord, Bissell & Brook, C. Guerry Collins and William S. Davis for Defendant and Respondent.
Plaintiffs challenge a judgment awarding them $6,000 against the California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA), representing the remaining policy limits under a professional liability policy issued by a bankrupt insurer. Plaintiffs argue they were entitled to substantially greater proceeds from an insurance policy having policy limits of $500,000 per claim and aggregate limits of $1,000,000. They contend the trial court erred when it determined: (1) only one of the monetary awards rendered against the insureds was a covered claim under the policy; (2) the monetary awards constituted only a single â€