Legal Opinion

Healy Tibbitts Construction Co., a Corporation v. Insurance Company of North America, a Corporation

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided June 18, 1982No. 80-4565PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Per curiam

The panel unanimously agrees that this case may be submitted without oral argument.

Healy Tibbitts Construction Company appeals from the grant of summary judgment in favor of its insurer, Insurance Company of North America. Healy assigns error to the trial court’s finding that the insurance policy exclusion precluded his recovery. He argues that 1) the barge was not within the policy exclusion, 2) failure to plead the exclusion as an affirmative defense waived the provision, and 3) failure to attempt settlement and delay in acting on the claim constituted bad faith. We affirm.

The insurance…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. PartridgeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1973
  2. Johansen v. California State Automobile Ass'n Inter-Insurance BureauCalifornia Supreme Court · 1975
  3. Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York v. Peter E. Blum, Peter E. BlumCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  4. Andre Backar, Cross-Appellee v. Western States Producing Company (Now Hytech Energy Corporation) and Wayman W. Buchanan, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
  5. Kershaw v. Maryland Casualty Co.California Court of Appeal · 1959

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3Cited by41 opinions

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  3. Gilberto Rivera, Nicholas Alberto, Luis Navarro, Jose Garcia, Hector Garcia, Pablo Galindo, Socorro Mendivil, Rogelio Casares v. Joe AnayaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
  4. Atlas Pallet, Inc. v. Bernard Gallagher, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
  5. Connie K. HAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MOBIL OIL CORPORATION, a New York Corporation, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995

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