Legal Opinion

Pension Trust Fund for Operating Engineers, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Federal Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided October 1, 2002No. 00-17055, 00-17223PublishedCited by 106 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SNEED, Circuit Judge.

This is an action alleging breach of a fiduciary responsibility insurance policy arising out of an insurance company’s refusal to defend its insured against a third party claim. The insured, Pension Trust Fund for Operating Engineers (“PTF”), appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Federal Insurance Company (“Federal”). PTF asserts that the district court erred in concluding that Federal had no duty to defend PTF against a claim brought by a third party, Winncrest Homes, Inc. (“Winncrest”), in an underlying action (“the Winncrest action”). At…

2Cases cited37 opinions

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