Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's London v. Columbia Casualty Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT Case No.: 23-cv-02157-AJB-DDL
LLOYD’S LONDON,
12 Plaintiff, ORDER RE: DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO DISMISS v. 14 (Doc. Nos. 34; 35) COLUMBIA CASUALTY COMPANY
and ADMIRAL INSURANCE
COMPANY,
Defendants. 18 Before the Court are two motions seeking to dismiss plaintiff Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London’s (“Underwriters”) first amended complaint filed by Admiral Insurance Company (“Admiral”) (see Doc. No. 34) and Columbia Casualty Company (“Columbia”) (see Doc. No. 35). For the reasons set forth herein, the Court GRANTS Admiral’s motion to dismiss and GRANTS in part and DENIES in part Columbia’s motion to dismiss. I. BACKGROUND This action concerns a dispute between three insurers—Underwriters, Columbia, and Admiral—over their obligations to Sharp Healthcare (“Sharp”), whom all three insure. (First Am. Compl. (“FAC”), Doc. No. 33 ¶¶ 20–53.) From 2017 through 2021, Sharp was sued in eighteen …