Zurich Insurance Company v. Wheeler

838 F.2d 338 10 Fed.R.Serv.3d 550 ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant/Appellee, v. Carl Lewis WHEELER, an individual and d/b/a C & W Enterprises, Defendant-Counter-Defendant/Appellees, and Orange Production Credit Association, Defendant-Counter-Plaintiff/Appellant. No. 86-6426. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Sept. 9, 1987. Decided Jan. 28, 1988. John F. Hendry, Garden Grove, Cal., for defendant-counter-plaintiff/appellant. Thomas M. Crehan, San Pedro, Cal., for defendant-counter-defendant/appellee, Carl Lewis Wheeler. Frank R. Acuna, Hawkins, Schnabel & Lindahl, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-counter-defendant/appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before HALL, NOONAN, Jr. and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges. NOONAN, Circuit Judge: 1 Orange Production Credit Association (the Mortgagee) appeals from judgment in favor of Zurich Insurance Company (the Insurer) in a suit on a policy of hull insurance endorsed in favor of the Mortgagee. The suit is in admiralty under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1333 . California law governs. Wilburn Boat Co. v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co., 348 U.S. 310, 316…