AAA Nevada Insurance v. Buenaventura

MEMORANDUM ***

• Plaintiff-Appellant AAA appeals the district court’s Federal Rule of Civil Proce dure 60(b) ruling vacating the court’s prior order granting summary judgment in favor of AAA. The earlier order had concluded that AAA had not acted in bad faith by failing to settle a wrongful death claim. We find that we have appellate jurisdiction, and we reverse.

Orders under Rule 60(b) vacating judgments are ordinarily considered interlocutory and not appealable. Ballard v. Baldridge, 209 F.3d 1160, 1161 (9th Cir.2000); Resnik v. La Paz Guest Ranch, 289 F.2d 814, 817 (9th Cir.1961). Such…