Sequoia Insurance Co. v. Northfield Insurance Co.
This appeal arises out of a dispute between insurers over the effect of their respective other insurance or excess insurance policy clauses. Plaintiff and appellant Sequoia Insurance Company (Sequoia) provided a defense to Full Spectrum Management, Inc. (Spectrum), which was named as a defendant in an underlying personal injury lawsuit seeking damages against Spectrum for its allegedly negligent acts or omissions during its property management of an apartment building. Sequoia undertook Spectrum's defense in that action under its commercial general liability (CGL) policy issued to the owners of the apartment building. The Sequoia policy also named as insureds the owners' retained property managers, such as Spectrum.
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