LA Terminals, Inc. v. United National Insurance Company
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United States District Court Central District of California
11 L.A. TERMINALS, INC. and SOCO Case No. 8:19-CV-00286-ODW (PVCx)
WEST, INC.,
12 Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S 13 v. MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFFS’ SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT 15 UNITED NATIONAL INSURANCE [52]
COMPANY,
16 Defendant. 17 I. INTRODUCTION This action arises from an insurance coverage dispute between insureds, 20 Plaintiffs L.A. Terminals, Inc. (“LAT”), and Soco West, Inc. (“Soco”) (collectively, 21 “Plaintiffs”), and their insurance carrier, Defendant United National Insurance 22 Company (“Defendant” or “United National”). Plaintiffs allege that United National 23 has a duty to defend them in underlying environmental contamination lawsuits. 24 (Second Am. Compl. (“SAC”) ¶¶ 55–59, ECF No. 50.) United National moves to 25 dismiss the SAC arguing that it fulfilled its contractual obligations under the relevant 26 insurance policies (the “Motion”). (See Mot., ECF No. 52.) Plaintiffs opposed and 27…