State Farm Fire And Casualty Company v. Patricia Abraio

874 F.2d 619 STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Patricia ABRAIO, as Personal Representative of Antoine Abraio, Deceased, Louis Abraio and Tiffany K., a minor, by and through her guardian ad litem Adeline Dennis, Defendants, Appeal of Adeline DENNIS, individually, Defendant. No. 88-1799. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Feb. 16, 1989. * Decided April 5, 1989. As Amended July 25, 1989. Jill Elaine Weissich, San Rafael, Cal., for defendants-appellants. Gail Y. Norton and Geordie L. Duckler, Ropers, Majeski, Kohn, Bentley and Kane, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before CHOY, SNEED and NOONAN, Circuit Judges. CHOY, Circuit Judge: 1 Defendants Patricia Abraio, Louis Abraio, Tiffany K. and Adeline Dennis appeal from the district court's grant of summary judgment to plaintiff State Farm Fire and Casualty Insurance Co. ("State Farm"). State Farm sought a declaratory judgment that it owed no duty to defend or indemnify Antoine Abraio's estate in a tort action brought against the estate in a California court by Tiffany K. and her mother Adeline…