Pacific Indemnity Company v. United States

463 F.2d 1213 PACIFIC INDEMNITY COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America et al., Defendants-Appellees, United States of America, Defendant-Cross-Defendant-Appellee, Servo-Aero Engineering, Inc., and Floyd Perry, Defendants, Cross-Complainants-Appellees. Nos. 25966, 26836. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. June 29, 1972. Arthur Wasserman, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant. Panelli & Agliano, Salinas, Cal., Robert L. Meyer, U. S. Atty., James Stotter, III, Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., Alan S. Rosenthal, Washington, D. C., for appellees. Before MERRILL and WRIGHT, Circuit Judges, and NIELSEN, * District Judge. PER CURIAM: 1 Pacific Indemnity Company (Pacific) issued a hull and liability insurance policy to Servo-Aero Engineering, Inc., (Servo-Aero) covering a Boeing-Stearman airplane being modified by Servo-Aero. The policy provides that Pacific "agrees with the insured, named in the Declarations [Servo-Aero], . . . [t]o pay on behalf of the insured all sums which the insured shall become legally obligated to pay as damages [liability coverage] . . . [, and] to pay for any direct loss of or damage to the aircraft [hull coverage]." The term…