St. John's Regional Health Center v. American Casualty Company of Reading, Pennsylvania

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

American Casualty Company of Reading, Pennsylvania, (American) appeals a summary judgment1 holding it liable for indemnification of St. John’s Regional Health Center (St. John’s). St. John’s paid $375,-000 to settle a medical malpractice claim against Nurse Ruth Lierz, an employee of St. John’s and American’s named insured. The payment came from funds pooled by several hospitals operated, managed, or controlled by the Sisters of Mercy Health System, St. Louis, Inc., (Sisters of Mercy, Inc.).2 We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Nurse Lierz and St. John’s were sued for Nurse Lierz’s…