Westfield Insurance Co. v. Tech Dry, Inc. Gayle Williamson

OPINION

MOORE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant Westfield Insurance Company (“Westfield”) appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Defendants-Appellees Tech Dry, Inc. (“Tech Dry”) and Gayle Williamson (‘Williamson”). When Williamson’s mother was murdered by a Tech Dry employee who had previously done work at her mother’s home, Williamson filed an action against Tech Dry. She alleged that Tech Dry proximately caused the death of her mother by negligently hiring and retaining the employee who murdered her mother. West-field has a duty to defend Tech Dry, its insured, in actions…