James River Insurance Company v. Herbert Schenk, P.C.

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JAMES RIVER INSURANCE COMPANY, 

a foreign corporation, No. 06-15622 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No.

CV-05-01213-FJM

HEBERT SCHENK, P.C., OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Frederick J. Martone, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 13, 2008—San Francisco, California

Filed March 18, 2008

Before: William C. Canby, Jr., David R. Thompson, and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr.

2529 2532 JAMES RIVER INS. v. HEBERT SCHENK

COUNSEL

Steven Plitt and Joshua D. Rogers, Kunz Plitt Hyland Dem- long & Kleinfeld, Phoenix, Arizona, for the defendant- appellant.

Martha E. Gibbs, Snell & Wilmer LLP, Phoenix, Arizona, for the plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judge:

In this appeal we decide whether the district court erred in granting summary judgment to a professional liability insurer on a claim seeking a declaration of no coverage, and on coun- terclaims for breach of…