Navigators Insurance Company v. Chriso's Tree Trimming

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NAVIGATORS INSURANCE COMPANY, ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-00132 AWI JLT ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION ALLOWING ) INTERVENTION BY MOUNTAIN F. v. ) ) (Doc. 8) CHRISO’S TREE TRIMMING, ) ) Defendant. ) ) )

The parties have stipulated to allow Mountain F. to intervene in this action and that this intervenor will respond to the complaint within 15 days. (Doc. 8) In the complaint, Navigators seeks and declaration that it has no duty to defend or indemnify Chriso’s Tree Trimming, the company claimed to have caused the “Railroad Fire,” which “burned 12,407 acres, and destroyed 14 structures, including 7 single-family homes.” (Doc. 1 at 3, ¶ 11) Chriso’s was hired to do the work by Mountain F. who had contracted with PG&E to perform the work. Id. at 2-3, ¶¶ 6-7. Mountain F. now claims to be an additional insured under the relevant policy issued by Navigator’s. Consequently, it and Navigators 24 …