The Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, a Connecticut Corporation v. Gulf Insurance Company, a Missouri Corporation

MANION, Circuit Judge.

In this diversity action, plaintiff The Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company (“Hartford”), appeals from a district court order granting summary judgment to defendant Gulf Insurance Company (“Gulf”). The district court granted a summary judgment to Gulf based upon this court’s reversal and remand of a summary judgment the district court had previously entered in Hartford’s favor.

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