8 Cited authorities

  1. Montrose Chemical Corp. v. Superior Court

    6 Cal.4th 287 (Cal. 1993)   Cited 993 times   14 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an insurer may seek "summary adjudication that no potential for liability exists and thus that it has no duty to defend" based on extrinsic evidence
  2. Laabs v. City of Victorville

    163 Cal.App.4th 1242 (Cal. Ct. App. 2008)   Cited 380 times
    Finding no abuse of discretion where the trial court "could have easily concluded that at the time plaintiff refused to admit such matters she reasonably held a good faith belief that she would prevail at trial on these issues"
  3. Sangster v. Paetkau

    68 Cal.App.4th 151 (Cal. Ct. App. 1998)   Cited 318 times
    Analyzing the probable cause of a lay person without drawing any distinction, noting "A litigant will lack probable cause for his action either if he relies upon facts which he has no reasonable cause to believe to be true, or if he seeks recovery upon a legal theory which is untenable under the facts known to him"
  4. Nieto v. Blue Shield of California Life & Health Ins. Co.

    181 Cal.App.4th 60 (Cal. Ct. App. 2010)   Cited 145 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Noting that the law's second and third sentences "provide that the consequence of nondelivery following the insured's request is that the application may not be introduced into evidence"
  5. E.L. White, Inc. v. City of Huntington Beach

    21 Cal.3d 497 (Cal. 1978)   Cited 192 times
    Allowing a party to seek indemnification from the governmental entity, the Court held that the party's "injury" under California Government Code §§ 810.8 and 835, was the payment of a monetary judgment.
  6. Preach v. Monter Rainbow

    12 Cal.App.4th 1441 (Cal. Ct. App. 1993)   Cited 81 times
    In Preach v. Monter Rainbow (1993) 12 Cal.App.4th 1441, 1451, the court disregarded the affidavit of a nonparty witness "to the extent [it] contradicts his deposition testimony."
  7. Thompson v. Williams

    211 Cal.App.3d 566 (Cal. Ct. App. 1989)   Cited 58 times
    Holding that assertion of facts contrary to prior testimony does not constitute substantive evidence of the existence of a triable issue of fact
  8. Doe v. Salesian Society

    159 Cal.App.4th 474 (Cal. Ct. App. 2008)   Cited 28 times
    Affirming summary judgment for religious branch of Catholic Church under statute of limitations applicable to victims of childhood sexual assault because plaintiff failed to introduce evidence Church was on notice of priest's sexual misconduct; "speculation . . . is grounds for granting summary judgment"