Lexington Insurance v. Rummel

OPINION

BACA, Justice.

1.This is an appeal from a district court order granting International Surplus Lines Insurance Company’s (ISLIC) motion for summary judgment on Lexington Insurance Company’s (Lexington) claim of prima facie tort. Lexington’s allegation of prima facie tort arose out of ISLIC’s entry into a settlement agreement in a personal injury case. According to Lexington, the settlement agreement was designed to injure Lexington by shifting partial liability for a judgment, which ISLIC and other insurers should have paid, onto Lexington. The district court granted ISLIC’s motion for…