Legal Opinion
Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance v. Findley
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 25, 2007No. Nos. 03-56651, 03-56652Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM *
In Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Co. v. Findley, 395 F.3d 1046 (9th Cir. 2005) (“Findley ”), we certified to the California Supreme Court a question of state law regarding the duties of excess liability insurers that we believed would be determinative of this appeal. The court granted our request and recently answered the certified question in Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Co. v. Montes-Harris, 40 Cal.4th 151, 51 Cal.Rptr.3d 709, 146 P.3d 1251 (2006) (“Montes-Harris ”). In light of the California Supreme Court’s decision, we affirm the district court’s judgment.1
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Barrera v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1969
- Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Co. v. Montes-HarrisCalifornia Supreme Court · 2006
- Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company, a Pennsylvania Insurance Company v. Richard Findley Denikan Brewer Desirie Brewer Dane Flores Delesa Flores Javier Cortez, and Blanca Montes-Harris Monica Arredondo Camilla Toni Harris, Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company, a Pennsylvania Insurance Company v. Richard Findley Denikan Brewer Desirie Brewer Dane Flores Delesa Flores Blanca Montes-Harris Monica Arredondo Camilla Toni Harris, and Javier CortezCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2005