GE Engine Services Unc Holding I, Inc. v. Century Indemnity Co.

MEMORANDUM **

GE Engine Services UNC Holding I Inc. (“UNC”) and UNC Pacific Airmotive Corporation (“UNC-PAC”) (collectively “Plaintiffs”) appeal the district court’s grant of judgment on the pleadings in favor of Century Indemnity Company, the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, the Travelers Indemnity Company, the Travelers Casualty and Surety Company, Allstate Insurance Company, and North-brook Insurance (collectively “Insurers”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

Dismissals under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(c) are reviewed de novo. Nelson v. City of Irvine, 143 F.3d 1196, 1200 (9th Cir.1998). A judgment on the *813 pleadings is properly granted when, taking all the allegations in the pleadings as true, the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. Id.

This diversity case is governed by California law. Under California law, insurance policies do not cover damages that occur to companies that are acquired by an insured after the policy has expired. Armstrong World Indus., Inc., v, Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., 45 Cal.App.4th 1 , 52 Cal. Rptr.2d 690 (Cal.Ct.App.1996); Cooper Cos., Inc. v. Transcontinental Ins. Co., 31…