U-Haul International, Inc. v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.

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348 F. App'x 208
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitAugust 12, 2009No. 07-16187California1,046 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM *

Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company (Lumbermens) appeals from the district court’s judgment in favor of U-Haul International, Inc., U-Haul of Pennsylvania, U-Haul Company of Florida (together, U-Haul), and Republic Western Insurance Company (Republic Western). The district court had jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332 . We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm. We address Lumbermens’ argument that the district court abused its discretion by admitting computer-generated summaries in a companion published opinion.

Lumbermens argues that the district court erred in holding that the RGMM and RXMM policies issued by Republic Western include loss adjustment ex *210 pense payments within their aggregate limits. The text of the Products Aggregate Endorsement of each policy explicitly states that the aggregate limit is “[s]ubject to the limits of each occurrence.” The words “subject to” operate to incorporate the per occurrence limits language into the aggregate policy, and the limit of insurance for each occurrence unambiguously includes legal fees and other allocated expenses. Therefore, we hold that the RGMM and RXMM policies issued by…

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