Spirtas Co. v. Federal Insurance

BYE, Circuit Judge.

Spirtas Company appeals the district court’s 1 grant of summary judgment in favor of Federal Insurance Company, which insured Spirtas by virtue of directors and officers liability (D & 0) policies it had sold and issued. The district court determined Federal had no obligation to defend or indemnify Spirtas in a lawsuit brought against it by MIG/Alberici LLC(MIG). We affirm.

I

The district court’s decision contains a thorough discussion of the factual background. See Spirtas Co. v. Fed. Ins. Co., 481 F.Supp.2d 993, 994-96 (E.D.Mo.2007). We provide an abbreviated version here.

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