Legal Opinion
Aetna Casualty & Surety Company v. Wallace Sheft, Special Administrator of the Estate of Roy H. Fitzgerald, AKA Rock Hudson
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 31, 1993No. 91-55035PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:
Wallace Sheft, special administrator of the estate of Roy Fitzgerald, aka Rock Hudson (“the Estate”), appeals from an order granting summary judgment in favor of Aetna Casualty & Surety Company (“Aetna”), in its declaratory judgment action. Aetna sought a declaration that it is not required to indemnify or defend the Estate for a judgment against it in a state court action brought by Marc Christian, Hudson’s lover. In the state court action, Christian won a jury verdict for intentional misrepresentation, intentional concealment, and intentional infliction…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Clemmer v. Hartford Insurance Co.California Supreme Court · 1978
- Richardson Engineering Co. v. William L. Crow Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
- J. C. Penney Casualty Insurance v. M. K.California Supreme Court · 1991
- Molsbergen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Walters v. American InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1960
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