Colonial Refrigerated TransPortation, Inc. v. Worsham

BAILEY BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is a diversity case in which Colonial Refrigerated Transportation, Inc. (Colonial), a trucking concern, and its liability insurance carrier, Excalibur Insurance Co. (Excalibur), seek to recover reimbursement from North Carolina Occidental Fire and Casualty Co. (Occidental) for the amounts that they paid in settlement of personal injury and death claims. The district court held that Colonial and Excalibur are entitled to reimbursement, and Occidental appealed. Although we affirm the judgment of the district court, we reach that result by a different…