Continental Insurance Company, a Corporation v. Federal Express Corporation, a Corporation, Continental Insurance Company, a Corporation v. Federal Express Corporation, a Corporation

454 F.3d 951 CONTINENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION, a corporation, Defendant-Appellant. Continental Insurance Company, a corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Federal Express Corporation, a corporation, Defendant-Appellee. No. 03-57162. No. 03-57214. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted October 17, 2005. Filed June 29, 2006. Robert J. Taitz, argued, and David R. Shane, Shane & Taitz, Greenbrae, CA, for the defendant-appellant/appellee. Timothy R. Lord, Bernadette M. Chala, argued, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP, Costa Mesa, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee/appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; Nora M. Manella, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-00-00696-NMM. Before HUG, PREGERSON, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges. HUG, Circuit Judge. 1 This appeal is from a stipulated judgment for $109,023.24 in favor of Continental Insurance Company ("Continental") for goods lost in shipment by Federal Express Corporation ("FedEx"). We have jurisdiction because the parties reserved the right to appeal the district court's rulings on the…