American National Fire Insurance Company v. Mark C. Hungerford

53 F.3d 1012 AMERICAN NATIONAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Counter-defendant-Appellant, v. Mark C. HUNGERFORD; W. Douglass Smith; Allen V. Hirsch; Robert N. Tidball; Steven L. Pease; Herbert D. Montgomery; Robert S. Leichtner; Robert W. Laversin, Defendants-Counter-claimants-Appellees, and Shirley B. Daniels, and Barney and Rachel Milione, Defendants-Appellees, and Great American Insurance Company, Counter-defendant-Appellant. No. 92-17081. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 18, 1994. Decided April 27, 1995. Leonard S. Surdyk, Peterson & Ross, Chicago, IL, Carol G. Perry, St. Peter & Cooper, San Francisco, CA, for plaintiff-counter-defendant-appellant and counter-defendant-appellant. Barron L. Weinstein, Meredith & Weinstein, Larkspur, CA, George F. Bishop, Furth, Fahrner & Mason, San Francisco, CA, for defendants-counter-claimants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before: REINHARDT and LEAVY, Circuit Judges, and McLAUGHLIN, * District Judge. LEAVY, Circuit Judge: 1 This appeal arises out of the district court's entry of summary judgment in favor of the…