Legal Opinion
Westrm-West Risk Markets, Ltd. v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 19, 2004No. 02 Civ.7344 MGCPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CEDARBAUM, District Judge.
WestRM-West Risk Markets, Ltd. (“WestRM”) sues for payment under four surety bonds issued by defendants Greenwich Insurance Company (“Greenwich”) and XL Reinsurance America, Inc. (“XL Reinsurance”). 1 After limited discovery, WestRM moved for summary judgment. For the following reasons, the motion is granted.
Background
The following facts are undisputed, except where specifically noted.
In late 2001, Willis Group, Inc. (‘Willis”), an English insurance broker, approached WestRM, a Swiss reinsurance company, with a proposal for a series of transactions intended to…
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