Legal Opinion
Landmark Am. Ins. Co. v. Navigators Ins. Co.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided December 14, 2018No. Case No. 18-cv-05504-CRBPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHARLES R. BREYER, United States District Judge
In this motion, Defendant Navigators' Insurance Company ("Navigators") argues that under the terms of its policy, it has no duty to defend its insured, Independent Adoption Center ("IAC"), in a Trustee's Adversary Proceeding ("Trustee's Suit"). See generally Nav. Mot. (dkt. 24). Navigators is correct, for at least two reasons.
I. Background
IAC was a nonprofit that matched birth mothers with adopting parents and provided related counseling services to adopting parents. Compl. (dkt. 1) ¶ 11. Plaintiff Landmark American Insurance Company ("Landmark")…
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