# Steven v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.

> California Supreme Court · December 18, 1962 · 58 Cal. 2d 862

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9545994

## Case

- **Full name:** KATHRYN E. STEVEN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. THE FIDELITY AND CASUALTY COMPANY OF NEW YORK Et Al., Defendants and Respondents
- **Court:** California Supreme Court
- **Decided:** December 18, 1962
- **Citations:** 58 Cal. 2d 862; 27 Cal. Rptr. 172; 377 P.2d 284; 1962 Cal. LEXIS 315
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by McCOMB
- **Judges:** Traynor
- **Cited by:** 188 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- **Yellow flag:** Declined to follow in part by First National Bank Of Chicago v. The Fidelity And Casualty Company Of New York, 428 F.2d 499 (1970).
- Negative treatments: 2
- Distinguished by: 0
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9545994

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that under standardized contract purchased from vending machine by airline passenger, passenger could reasonably have expected coverage for whole trip, including reasonable substituted transportation necessitated by emergency, and insurer should have plainly and clearl…

## Opinion text

*885 McCOMB, J., Dissenting.
I dissent. I would affirm the judgment for the reasons expressed by Mr. Justice Balthis in the opinion prepared by him for the District Court of Appeal in Steven v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. (Cal.App.) 22 Cal.Rptr. 83 .
Schauer, J., concurred.

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