Mission National Insurance Company v. Duke Transportation Company, Inc., Duke Transportation, Inc. v. Mission National Insurance Company

ROBERT MADDEN HILL, Circuit Judge:

In this Louisiana diversity case, Duke Transportation Company . (Duke) appeals from the district court’s grant of a motion for summary judgment in favor of Mission National Insurance Company (Mission). The district court held that Mission, an excess insurance carrier, was not required to provide primary coverage to or to defend its insured, Duke, after the primary insurance carrier, Northwest Insurance Company (Northwest), became insolvent. Finding the district court’s ruling entirely correct, we affirm.

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Neither party contests the facts of this case. Duke…