Legal Opinion
Northrop Grumman Corp. v. Factory Mutual Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 2, 2009No. 07-56760PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AMENDING OPINION AND DENYING PETITION FOR REHEARING AND PETITION FOR REHEARING EN BANC AND AMENDED OPINION
ORDER
The Opinion filed on August 14, 2008, 538 F.3d 1090, is amended as follows:
Slip Opinion page 10671, line 19, 538 F.3d at 1094, insert the following text: “We will ‘not artificially create ambiguity where none exists. If a reasonable interpretation favors the insurer and any other interpretation would be strained, no compulsion exists to torture or twist the language of the policy.’ ” Evans v. Safeco Life Ins. Co., 916 F.2d 1437, 1441 (9th Cir.1990) (quoting Allstate Ins. Co. v.…
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