Aetna Casualty And Surety Company, Inc. v. Centennial Insurance Company

838 F.2d 346 AETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CENTENNIAL INSURANCE COMPANY; Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company, Defendants- Appellants, Great American Insurance Company; the Cincinnati Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees. No. 86-6740. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 5, 1987. Decided Feb. 1, 1988. Roy G. Weatherup, Haight, Dickson, Brown & Bonesteel, Santa Monica, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee. Lee P. O'Connor, O'Connor & Schmeltzer, Tustin, Cal., Joy Smathers, Veatch, Carlson, Grogan, & Nelson, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Andre E. Jardini, Knapp, Petersen & Clarke, Universal City, Cal., for defendants-appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before TANG, WIGGINS and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges. WIGGINS, Circuit Judge: 1 Appellants, excess insurers Centennial Insurance Company ("Centennial") and Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company ("Atlantic"), appeal a summary judgment for primary insurers Cincinnati Insurance Company ("Cincinnati") and Great American Insurance Company ("Great American"). In the underlying action, Aetna…