Boardwalk Condominium Ass'n v. Travelers Indemnity Co.

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198 F. App'x 599
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitAugust 15, 2006No. 04-56564California250 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM *

Boardwalk Condominium Association (Boardwalk) appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of *600 Travelers Indemnity Company (Travelers) in deciding Boardwalk’s claim for insurance benefits.

1. The district court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of Travelers because there was a genuine issue of material fact regarding whether Boardwalk’s “loss [was] continuing and progressive ... [or] was a series of discrete events.” See Central Nat. Ins. Co. v. Superior Court, 2 Cal.App.4th 926, 933-34, 3 Cal.Rptr.2d 622 (1992). Accordingly, application of the manifestation rule was unwarranted. See id. Whether Boardwalk was on notice of a property condition that should have been investigated is also a disputed question of fact, see Mills v. Forestex Co., 108 Cal.App.4th 625, 644 , 134 Cal.Rptr.2d 273 (2003), rendering summary judgment inappropriate. See Long v. County of Los Angeles, 442 F.3d 1178, 1185, 1191 (9th Cir.2006).

2. Boardwalk’s request that this court exercise its supervisory power under 28 U.S.C. § 2106 to reassign this case to a different district court judge on remand is denied. The record does not reflect that the district court…

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