Pfeister
Pfeister v. RSUI Indemnity Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division JOANNA L. PFEISTER, Case No. 20-cv-03387-LB
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING RSUI’S MOTION
v. FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
RSUI INDEMNITY COMPANY, et al., Defendants. 16 INTRODUCTION The plaintiff Joanna Pfeister, who is representing herself, sued RSUI Indemnity Company, which insures her condominium association, for its failure to defend her in a state criminal lawsuit.1 RSUI moved for summary judgment on the grounds that (1) the criminal claims against Ms. Pfeister were made in February 2019, before the policy’s effective dates of April 1, 2019 to April 1, 2020, and (2) the policy covers “wrongful acts,” and the criminal action is not a claim for a wrongful act. The court grants the motion on both grounds. 24 25
1 Notice of Removal – ECF No. 1 at 2 (¶ 6); State Compl. – ECF No. 1-1 at 2–9; Am. Compl. – ECF No. 104 at 2–8. Citations refer to material in the…