Legal Opinion
Continental Casualty Company v. City of Richmond, a Municipal Corporation, and Mead Reinsurance Company, Defendant-In-Intervention-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 20, 1985No. CA 84-1563, 84-1564PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POOLE, Circuit Judge:
Continental Casualty Company (“CNA” or the “Company”) sought a declaratory judgment that an insurance policy it had issued to the City of Richmond, California, did not provide coverage for claims asserted in a civil rights and wrongful death action filed against Richmond by the three minor children of Willie Lee Drumgoole.
The district court granted summary judgment for CNA, finding that there were no genuine issues of material fact for trial because the policy unambiguously preclud ed coverage for the claims asserted. The City and Mead Reinsurance Company (“Mead”) appeal.…
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