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Kathryn Ashton

Senior Counsel, San Francisco

Recent experience

  • Great American Ins. Co v. Fidelity & Guaranty Ins. Co (1st Dist. Cal. 2010, unpublished decision affirming summary judgment on client's million dollar subrogation claim)
  • Great American Ins. Co v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co., et al. (1st Dist. Cal. 2009, unpublished decision reversing summary judgment against client on two multi-million dollar claims )
  • GAIC v. Assurance, et al. (Wa. Ct. App. 2008 published decision involving equitable allocation resulting in million dollar credit to client)
  • Starpoint v. Daewoo Motor Company (2nd Dist. Cal. 2007, unpublished opinion reversing demurrer against client in breach of contract action)
  • Transdyn/Crecsi Joint Venture v. Washington Int'l (1st Dist. Cal. 2007, unpublished decision reversing attorney's fees award against client in a surety bond matter)
  • Great American Ins. Co v. Fidelity & Guaranty Ins. Co (1st Dist. Cal. 2007, unpublished decision reversing summary judgment against client's million dollar subrogation action)
  • JPI Westcoast Construction Co. v. RJS Assoc. et al. (1st Dist. Cal. 2007 published decision affirming summary judgment in favor of client on equitable subrogation )
  • Catholic Mutual Relief Society v. Superior court (Cal. Supreme Court, 2007 published opinion rejecting right of plaintiffs to discover reinsurance information (amicus curiae))
  • CreAgri, Inc. v. USANA Corp. (9th Cir. 2006, published opinion involving trademark infringement claims)
  • R.L. Schaefer v. Certain Underwriters (5th Dist., 2006 unpublished decision affirming summary judgment in clients" favor on professional liability policy)
  • Geyser Products, et al. v. American Nat. Ins. co. (10th Cir , Wy. 2005, unpublished opinion affirming dismissal of $28M judgment creditor action against client)
  • Donaldson, et al. v. City of Long Beach (2nd Dist. Cal. 2005, unpublished decision affirming summary judgment in favor of client in class action involving energy rate hikes)
  • Scottsdale Ins. Co v. MV Transportation (Cal. Supreme Court, 2005 published opinion involving insurer's right to recover defense costs where the insurer reserved rights and the underlying suit did not raise a potential for coverage (amicus curiae))
  • Rosen v. State Farm Gen. Ins. Co. (Cal. Supreme Court, 2003 published opinion confirming courts may not rewrite policy language based on perceived public policy (amicus curiae))