Safeco Insurance Company Of America v. David O. Andrews

915 F.2d 500 SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, a Washington corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. David O. ANDREWS; Kandace Kuehl; FSR Brokerage, Inc., dba Fred Sands Realtors; Trayce Johnson; David P. Rolapp, dba Rolapp Associates; Jo Rolapp, Defendants-Appellees. No. 88-6548. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 31, 1990. Decided Sept. 27, 1990. Raymond H. Goettsch, Perona, Langer, LaTorraca & Beck, Long Beach, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant. Kate M. Neiswender, argued, H. Melvin Swift, Jr., Lagerlof, Senecal, Drescher & Swift, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellee David O. Andrews. Bruce S. Alpert, Anker, Schwartz, Alpert & Hymes, Encino, Cal., for defendant Kandace Kuehl. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before NELSON, BRUNETTI and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges. BRUNETTI, Circuit Judge: 1 The appellant, Safeco Insurance Company of America ("Safeco"), filed suit against its insured, David Andrews ("Andrews"), in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, seeking declaratory relief from its duty to defend and indemnify Andrews in a state court…