Omer Rains v. American States Insurance Company

993 F.2d 884 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Omer RAINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN STATES INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee. No. 92-15068. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 15, 1993. Decided May 7, 1993. Before SCHROEDER, PREGERSON and D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 This lawsuit arises from the legal dispute between Omer Rains and his former law partners at the law firm of Farrow, Schildhause, Wilson & Rains, and the individual attorney Harold Farrow. Farrow had filed suit against Rains for a variety of tort claims, and Rains had cross-claimed. American Insurance undertook the representation of Farrow because Farrow was named as an individual insured under the insurance contract. That contract lists the law firm of Farrow, Schildhause, Wilson & Rains, a partnership, as an additional insured. The terms of the coverage are set out in provisions that clearly state that a person named as…