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2840 CivC 2860(c), which provides that an insurer's obligation to pay Cumis counsel is limited to the rates the carrier customarily pays to attorneys retained by it in similar circumstances, applies to actions commenced after its enactment, even though the underlying insurance policy preexisted the enactment; if more than one insurer is obligated to provide Cumis counsel the statute provides for a single rate limit applicable to the insurers collectively, rather than requiring them each potentially to pay up to its own ordinary rate.CitationSAN GABRIEL VALLEY WATER COMPANY v HARTFORD (Cumis Fees) 82 CA4 1230 [See: CivC 2860; SD Fed Credit Union v Cumis 162 CA3 358; Buss v Superior Court 16 C4 35, T/AT 8/97]
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