Continental Insurance v. Catholic Bishop (In Re Catholic Bishop)

MEMORANDUM ON CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

DONALD MacDONALD IV, Bankruptcy Judge.

This memorandum decides cross summary judgment motions. The major issue presented in both motions is whether the existence of missing liability insurance policies has been established by secondary evidence. The Catholic Bishop of Northern Alaska (“CBNA”) moved for summary judgment to establish the existence of lost or missing liability insurance policies it contends were issued by Continental Insurance Company (“CIC”) for periods in the 1970’s. 1 CBNA seeks to establish this insurance coverage because of…