Century Surety Company v. Jim Hipner LLC

Century Surety Company (“Century”) appeals from a final judgment of the district court 2 determining that Jim Hipner, LLC 3 (“Hipner”) does have coverage under an umbrella policy entered into between Century and Hipner. After finding the notice provision in the policy ambiguous, the district court concluded that the governing law, the law of Wyoming, would consider Hipner’s delayed notice of claim not to be untimely. Century appealed, seeking reversal of the district court’s determinations that the notice provision is ambiguous and that Hipner gave timely notice. Because Wyoming law, however,…