Legal Opinion
Industrial Indemnity Company v. Aetna Casualty and Surety Company
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 17, 1972No. 25857PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHOY, Circuit Judge:
Industrial Indemnity Company (Industrial), a California corporation, appeals a judgment by a judge without a jury denying subrogation against Aetna Life & Surety Company (Aetna), a Connecticut corporation. Hawaii law controls this diversity of citizenship case. We reverse and remand.
In the summer of 1959, Hawaiian Dredging and Construction Company (Hawaiian Dredging) and Bechtel Corporation (Bechtel) formed a joint venture to construct a cement plant in Hawaii for Hawaiian Cement Corporation (Hawaiian Cement). The Hawaiian Cement contract required the joint venture to…
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