John Bott v. J.F. Shea Co., Inc. And Shea/keefe, Defendants-Third Party v. Gulf Coast Grouting, Inc., Third Party

PICKERING, Circuit Judge.

OVERVIEW

This case involves the failure of a subcontractor, Gulf Coast Grouting, Inc., (“Gulf Coast”), to obtain an insurance policy indemnifying the prime contractor, Shea/Keefe, a joint venture, from liability claims arising from the performance of the subcontract entered into between the parties. Shea/Keefe was a joint venture formed by J.F. Shea Company, Inc., (“J.F. Shea”) and L.J. Keefe Company in which J.F. Shea was an eighty percent owner of the joint venture and L.J. Keefe owned the other twenty percent. J.F. Shea was the managing partner of the joint venture…