Thomas S. Butcher Peggy Jean Butcher v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company

78 F.3d 592 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Thomas S. BUTCHER; Peggy Jean Butcher, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee. No. 94-56168. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 6, 1996. Decided March 8, 1996. Before: SKOPIL, CANBY, and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Plaintiffs/Appellants Thomas S. Butcher and Jean Butcher seek indemnity for attorneys' fees incurred in an action they allege was covered under their State Farm homeowner's policy. The Butchers appeal the district court's summary judgment for defendant State Farm. We affirm. BACKGROUND 3 The Butchers retained attorney Tom Halde to represent them in a medical malpractice suit and won a favorable verdict against one of the doctors, Dr. Eugene C. Petrick. After entering a new fee agreement with the Butchers, Halde represented them on an appeal of part of the judgment in the medical malpractice action and on a…