Homedics, Inc. v. Valley Forge Insurance Company

315 F.3d 1135 HOMEDICS, INC., a Michigan corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. VALLEY FORGE INSURANCE COMPANY, A PENNSYLVANIA CORPORATION; Transcontinental Insurance Company, a New York corporation; Continental Insurance Company, a New Hampshire corporation; CIGNA Property and Casualty Insurance Company, a Connecticut corporation; Ace Fire Underwriters Insurance Company (fka CIGNA Fire Underwriters Insurance Company), a Pennsylvania corporation, Defendants-Appellees. No. 00-55306. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted November 4, 2002. * Filed January 9, 2003. David A. Gauntlett, Gauntlett & Associates, Irvine, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant. Janelle F. Garchie, Correll, Garchie & Edwards, San Diego, CA, for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court or the Central District of California; David O. Carter, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-99-00928-DOC. Before CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, THOMPSON, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges. OPINION CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge. 1 The question we address here is to what extent, under California law, patent infringement claims invoke an insurers' duty to defend under a commercial general…