95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6278, 95 Daily Journal D.A.R. 10,722 Bell Lavalin Inc., an Alaska Corporation v. Simcoe and Erie General Insurance Company, a Foreign Corporation the Prudential Assurance Company, a Foreign Corporation Security Insurance Company of Hartford, a Connecticut Corporation New Rotterdam Insurance Company, a Foreign Corporation the Contingency Insurance Company, Ltd, a Foreign Corporation

61 F.3d 742 95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6278 , 95 Daily Journal D.A.R. 10,722 BELL LAVALIN INC., an Alaska Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SIMCOE AND ERIE GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, a foreign corporation; The Prudential Assurance Company, a foreign Corporation; Security Insurance Company of Hartford, a Connecticut Corporation; New Rotterdam Insurance Company, a foreign Corporation; The Contingency Insurance Company, Ltd, a foreign Corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-36024. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 3, 1994. Decided Aug. 9, 1995. Kenneth D. Jensen, Jensen, Harris and Roth, Anchorage, AK, for plaintiff-appellant. Liam J. Moran, Hagans, Brown, Gibbs and Moran, Anchorage, AK, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. Before: WOOD, * HUG, and TANG, ** Circuit Judges. TANG, Senior Circuit Judge: 1 Simcoe and Erie General Insurance Co. et al. ("Simcoe") insured Bell Lavalin, Inc. ("Bell Lavalin") under a professional liability insurance policy. Bell Lavalin, the prime contractor of a North Slope Alaskan construction project, was sued by one of its subcontractors, Conam…