Commercial Union Insurance Company, Plaintiff/counterdefendant-Appellee v. Ramada Hotel Operating Company, Defendant/counterclaimant-Appellant

ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

Appellant Ramada Hotel Operating Company (“Ramada”) appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment for Commercial Union Insurance Company (“CUI”) in this diversity matter.

I

This controversy has its origin in an incident that occurred on May 7, 1982 at the Indianapolis, Indiana, Airport Ramada Inn. On that day Robert Williams, a security guard employed by Ramada, became involved in an altercation on the motel property with Stephen Hall. Hall was injured and subsequently sued both Williams and Ramada in a state court tort action. Prior to trial, Hall…