RLI Insurance Company v. ACE American Insurance Co.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

RLI INSURANCE COMPANY, Case No. 19-CV-04180-LHK

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT

RDC’S MOTION TO STAY AND

v.

DENYING WITHOUT PREJUDICE

PLAINTIFF RLI’S MOTION FOR

ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE CO., JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 38, 42 Defendants.

Plaintiff RLI Insurance Co. (“RLI”) brings this action against Defendants ACE American Insurance Co. (“ACE”) and RossDrulisCusenbery Architecture, Inc. (“RDC”) (collectively, the “Defendants”) seeking, among other things, declaratory relief that ACE, and not RLI, owes a duty to defend and indemnify RDC in an underlying California state court lawsuit brought against RDC in 2019 (the “2019 Underlying Action”). See ECF No. 1 (“Compl.”). Before the Court is Plaintiff RLI’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, ECF No. 38, and Defendant RDC’s motion to stay pending resolution of the 2019 Underlying Action. ECF No. 42. Having considered the …