Allstate Insurance Company v. Gilbert

852 F.2d 449 ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee, v. Albert Joseph GILBERT; Defendant-Appellant, Margaret E. Gilbert, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellant, and Douglas Bryant; Linda Bryant; and Jennifer Stangle, a minor, Defendants. No. 87-6204. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 6, 1988. Decided July 19, 1988. Dorette S. Feit, Irell and Manella, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-counter-defendant-appellee. Robert S. Gianelli, Gianelli and Morris, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before BRUNETTI, KOZINSKI and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges. DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge: 1 Albert Gilbert ("Albert") and Margaret Gilbert ("Margaret"), husband and wife, appeal from a summary judgment in favor of Allstate Insurance Company ("Allstate"). Allstate filed a complaint for declaratory relief seeking a determination that it had no duty, under a homeowner's insurance policy, to defend or indemnify either Albert or Margaret against claims for damages caused by Albert's alleged sexual molestation of a minor. In granting Allstate's…