Legal Opinion
Conestoga Services Corporation v. Executive Risk Indemnity, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 27, 2002No. 01-16693PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Conestoga Services Corp. (“Conestoga”), 1 an insurance brokerage, sued defendant-appellee Executive Risk Indemnity, Inc. (“Executive Risk”), claiming that Executive Risk breached its liability insurance contract with Conestoga when it refused to defend Conestoga in a malpractice suit. Executive Risk maintained that it was not obliged to defend Conestoga under Conestoga’s insurance policy because the policy contained an exception that precluded coverage for claims “based on or directly or indirectly arising out of or resulting from…
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