Legal Opinion
KnightBrook Insurance Co. v. Payless Car Rental System Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 5, 2017No. 15-15998PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER CERTIFYING A QUESTION TO THE SUPREME COURT OF ARIZONA
KnightBrook Insurance Company and Knight Management Insurance Services, LLC (together, KnightBrook) sued PCR Venture of Phoenix, LLC, a franchisee of Payless Car Rental System, Inc. (together, Payless), for, among other things, equitable indemnification. After a bench trial, the district court awarded KnightBrook $970,000; in so doing, the court applied §§76 and 78 of the Restatement (First) of Restitution. Having heard oral argument on Payless’s appeal, we have concluded that the appeal’s outcome turns on two questions of law: (1)…
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Knightbrook Ins. Co. v. Payless Car Rental Sys., Inc.District Court, D. Arizona · 2018
- Knightbrook v. Payless Car rental/pcr VentureArizona Supreme Court · 2018
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