Sempra Energy v. Associated Electric and Gas Insurance Services Limited
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
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2 3 4 5 6 7 United States District Court 8 Central District of California 9 10 11 SEMPRA ENERGY, et al., Case No. 2:19-cv-03340-ODW (JPRx) Plaintiffs,
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S
v.
MOTION FOR SUMMARY
ASSOCIATED ELECTRIC AND GAS
JUDGMENT [88] INSURANCE SERVICES LIMITED, et 15 al. Defendants.
18 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs Sempra and SoCal Gas face litigation for damages arising from 21 natural gas leaks. Plaintiffs sued several insurance companies for breach of their 22 contractual obligations to defend or pay for the defense of those suits. Pending before 23 the Court is Defendant The Continental Insurance Company (“Continental”)’s Motion 24 for Summary Judgment (“Motion”) for the right to control the defense. (Mot. for 25 Summ. J., ECF No. 88.) On July 8, 2020, the Court had a video-conference hearing in 26 which Continental and Plaintiffs were present. For the following reasons, the Court 27 GRANTS Continental’s Motion. 28 II. BACKGROUND Plaintiffs Sempra Energy (“Sempra”) and Southern California Gas Company…