Continental Casualty Co. v. National Union Fire Insurance

RILEY, Chief Judge.

This is a diversity case involving a maker of paints and other coatings — The Vals-par Corporation, a Delaware and Minnesota citizen — and two of its insurers— Continental Casualty Company, an Illinois citizen, and National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA, a Pennsylvania and New York citizen. See 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a)(1), (c)(1). The district court 1 ordered National Union to pay part of the costs Continental incurred to defend Valspar against several lawsuits. Valspar intervened and now appeals because it has agreements with National Union under which Valspar…