DIVISION 1. GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE 100-1879.8›PART 1. THE CONTRACT 100-679.74›CHAPTER 6. Loss 520-580›ARTICLE 2. Causes of Loss 530-533.7
§ 530
California Insurance Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
An insurer is liable for a loss of which a peril insured against was the proximate cause, although a peril not contemplated by the contract may have been a remote cause of the loss; but he is not liable for a loss of which the peril insured against was only a remote cause.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)
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