U.S. Specialty Insurance Company v. Silver Electric Builders, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 U.S. SPECIALTY INSURANCE Case No. 21-cv-00564-JD

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8 Plaintiff, ORDER RE SUMMARY JUDGMENT 9 v. 10 SILVER ELECTRIC BUILDERS, INC., et al., Defendants. 12 Plaintiff U.S. Specialty Insurance Company (USSIC) seeks summary judgment on its claim for a declaration that it has no obligation under certain insurance policies to indemnify Defendant Silver Electric Builders, Inc. (Silver Electric) for any damages awarded in the action initiated in California state court by defendant Richard Spieker against Silver Electric for allegedly negligent contractor work. See generally Dkt. No. 39. The parties’ familiarity with the record is assumed. Summary judgment is granted to USSIC. This case is on all fours with All Green Electric, Inc. v. Security National Insurance Co., 22 Cal. App. 5th 407 (2018). There, the California Court of Appeal interpreted policy language materially identical to Exclusion “m” in the policies at issue here to exclude coverage where a contractor had…