Houston Casualty Company v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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10 HOUSTON CASUALTY COMPANY, 11 Plaintiff, No. C 18-06147 WHA
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13 NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE ORDER RE MOTION FOR COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PA, et al., SUMMARY JUDGMENT, 14
ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO
Defendants.
FILE UNDER SEAL, AND
15 VACATING HEARING
16 INTRODUCTION 17 In this insurance action, this order finds that the primary carrier breached its duty of good 18 faith and fair dealing by refusing to settle within policy limits or so a reasonable jury could 19 find based on this record. 20 STATEMENT 21 Defendant National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was the 22 primary insurer for Anderson Hay & Grain, an exporter of hay and straw products. Plaintiff 23 Houston Casualty Company had the excess. National Union’s primary policy had a general 24 aggregate limit of $10 million, an each-occurrence limit of one million dollars, and an each- 25 location aggregate sub-limit…