Chicago Insurance v. City of Council Bluffs

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

The City of Council Bluffs, police officers Daniel Larsen, Lyle Brown, and David Dawson (collectively the City), and Curtis McGhee appeal from the district court’s order granting summary judgment to Chicago Insurance Company (CIC) and Columbia Casualty Company (Columbia), on CIC’s and Columbia’s declaratory judgment claims concerning coverage under various insurance policies. We affirm as to those policies in effect after 1977, but reverse as to Columbia’s 1977-78 policy.

I. Background

Many of the background facts are set forth in Genesis Insurance Co. v. City of Council…