United States Fire Insurance Company v. Pressed Steel Tank Co., Inc., and Amca International Corporation

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

This case involves an insurance company’s liability under an excess insurance policy. The insurance company, plaintiff-appellant United States Fire Insurance Co. (U.S. Fire) filed suit in district court seeking a declaration that it had not received proper notice of the insured’s claim (referred to as the Meza claim) and that it therefore was not liable under the policy. The insured, defendants-appellees Pressed Steel Tank Co. and its parent, AMCA International Corporation (AMCA/Pressed Steel), 1 argued that they had complied with the notice provision of…