Hancock Laboratories, Inc. v. Admiral Insurance Co. And Mutual Fire, Marine and Inland Insurance Company, Mutual Fire, Marine and Inland Insurance Company, Cross-Complainant and v. Admiral Insurance Company, Cross-Defendant And

777 F.2d 520 HANCOCK LABORATORIES, INC., Plaintiff, v. ADMIRAL INSURANCE CO. and Mutual Fire, Marine and Inland Insurance Company, Defendants. MUTUAL FIRE, MARINE AND INLAND INSURANCE COMPANY, Cross-Complainant and Appellee, v. ADMIRAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Cross-Defendant and Appellant. No. 83-6255. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Dec. 2, 1985. As Amended March 11, 1986. Roy G. Weatherup, Kim H. Collins, Charles B. Smith, Haight, Dickson, Brown & Bonesteel, Santa Moncia, Cal., for cross-complainant and appellee. Gary L. Green, Hillsinger & Costanzo, Los Angeles, Cal., for cross-defendant and appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before CHAMBERS and PREGERSON, Circuit Judges, and REED, * District Judge. EDWARD C. REED, Jr., District Judge: Admiral Insurance Company (Admiral) appeals from the district court's judgment in favor of Mutual Fire, Marine and Inland Insurance Company (Mutual). A contaminated aortic heart valve, manufactured by Hancock Laboratories, Inc., (Hancock) was implanted in the heart of William Outlaw, Jr. The effects of the contamination were not immediately observed but eventually…