United Specialty Insurance Company v. Clarendon National Insurance Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE CASE NO. 1:19-cv-01715-AWI-BAM
COMPANY; KNIGHT SPECIALTY
INSURANCE COMPANY,
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S
Plaintiffs, MOTION TO DISMISS FOR LACK OF
SUBJECT-MATTER JURISDICTION
v. (Doc. Nos. 8, 11, 25) CLARENDON NATIONAL INSURANCE
COMPANY,
11 Defendant. 12 1. Introduction This is a contribution and subrogation lawsuit between insurance companies. Plaintiff United Specialty Insurance Company (“USIC”) and Plaintiff Knight Specialty Insurance Company together filed this lawsuit against Defendant Clarendon National Insurance Company (“Clarendon” or “Defendant”). Plaintiffs alleged, first, that they expended over $75,000 to defend and indemnify their insureds against hundreds of construction defect claims and lawsuits and, second, that Defendant is a co-insurer of the insureds. Based on these allegations, Plaintiffs claim that they are entitled to equitable contribution and equitable subrogation from Defendant. In their…