Commercial Insurance Co. of Newark v. Pacific-Peru Construction Corp.

HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judge:

Commercial Insurance Company of Newark, N. J. (“CIC”), a New Jersey corporation, obtained a summary judgment in its favor requiring Pacific-Peru Construction Corp. (“Pacific-Peru”), a Nevada corporation, and The Hawaii Corporation (“HC”),1 a Hawaii corporation, to indemnify CIC pursuant to bonding, indemnity, and reinsurance contracts executed in connection with construction work performed in Peru. Federal jurisdiction was grounded on diversity. The district court granted summary judgment on two grounds: (1) CIC was entitled to indemnification because its right…