Heubel Materials Handling Co. v. Universal Underwriters Insurance

GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.

Heubel Materials Handling Company, Inc. (“Heubel”) and the Raymond Corporation (“Raymond”) appeal the order of the district court 1 granting summary judgment in favor of Universal Underwriters Insurance Company (“Universal”) on Heubel’s claim for coverage under a Universal insurance policy. The district court held that Heubel’s breach of a cooperation clause in the Universal policy absolved Universal of the duty to defend or provide coverage for a products liability lawsuit against Heubel. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.

I. Background

Heubel is an authorized…