Business Air Center, Inc. v. Puritan Insurance

VERON, District Judge.

RULING

I. INTRODUCTION

This matter comes before the court on the motion of defendants Puritan Insurance Company (“Puritan”) and its aviation manager, Southern Marine & Aviation Underwriters, Inc. (“Southern Marine”) for summary judgment. Plaintiff Business Air Center (“Business Air”), an Arizona corporation, instituted this diversity action against Puritan, a Connecticut corporation, and Southern Marine, a Louisiana corporation, to recover damages suffered from the loss of a Merlin III aircraft. The plane was insured by Policy No. H-4-5863 issued by Puritan to Business Air…