Ames Construction, Inc. v. Intermountain Industrial, Inc.

ORDER

DONALD W. MOLLOY, District Judge.

I. Introduction

Plaintiff, Ames Construction, Inc. (“Ames”), brought this case against Inter-mountain Industrial, Inc. (“Intermountain”) and Maxum Indemnity Company (“Maxum”). Ames alleged that Inter-mountain failed to obtain insurance for Ames as required in a contract between the parties. As a secondary matter it asserts that Maxum was required to defend Ames in an underlying state lawsuit. After being sued, Intermountain filed a third-party complaint against Western States Insurance Agency, Inc. (“Western States”), its local insurance agent which…