United Commercial Ins. Service, Inc. v. Paymaster Corp.

892 F.2d 1047 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED COMMERCIAL INSURANCE SERVICE, INCORPORATED, dba United Checkwriter Services; Burton D. Rayden; Jeffrey L. Rayden; Joel Rayden, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The PAYMASTER CORPORATION, Defendant, and American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida, Inc., Defendant-counter-claimant-Appellant. No. 87-6020. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 2, 1989. Decided Jan. 8, 1990. Before HUG, CANBY and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 This appeal by American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida ("ABIC") is from the judgment entered on the jury verdict awarding compensatory and punitive damages to Paymaster. ABIC timely moved for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict ("JNOV") or, in the alternative, for a new trial, which motion was denied. ABIC appeals the denial of the motion and the underlying judgment. Although an indemnity claim by ABIC against United Commercial Insurance…