Hallmark Specialty Insurance Company v. The Continental Insurance Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 HALLMARK SPECIALTY INSURANCE Case No. 20-cv-02046-HSG
COMPANY,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO Plaintiff, DISMISS 9 v. Re: Dkt. No. 14
THE CONTINENTAL INSURANCE
COMPANY, et al.,
Defendants.
13 Pending before the Court is the motion to dismiss filed by Defendants The Continental Insurance Company and the National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford. See Dkt. No. 14. The Court held a telephonic hearing on May 28, 2020. As detailed below, the Court GRANTS the motion. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Hallmark Insurance Company filed this insurance action against Defendants seeking $1,000,000 in damages based on Defendants’ failure to defend against, and contribute to the settlement of, a lawsuit following a trucking accident. See Dkt. No. 11 (“FAC”). On May 31, 2018, Jerry Lee Flick, Sr. was operating a Freightliner tractor for Western Home Transport, Inc. when the tractor collided with Jesus F. Biguerias’s…