Freed v. Inland Empire Insurance

CHRISTENSON, District Judge.

The Aberdeen-Springfield Canal Company of Pocatello, Idaho, sometimes referred to herein as “the canal company” or as “the claimant”, has filed claim against the Receiver of Inland Empire Insurance Company, hereafter sometimes called “the insurance company”, for the amount of damages paid by the former to various farmers for the flooding of lands through a break in its main canal. Liability insurance coverage is conceded by the insurance company, and there is no question raised as to the reasonableness of settlements made by the canal company with the landowners.…