Danko

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 CATLIN INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., Case No. 20-cv-01345-HSG Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION FOR SUMMARY

v. JUDGMENT DANKO MEREDITH, Re: Dkt. No. 35 Defendant. 12 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff Catlin Insurance Company, Inc’s motion for summary judgment. Dkt. No. 35. The Court heard argument on the motion. For the reasons detailed below, the Court GRANTS the motion. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Catlin Insurance Company, Inc. filed this action to recover a duplicative settlement payment that it made in connection with an underlying lawsuit in California state court. See Dkt. No. 14 (“FAC”). The facts of this case are largely undisputed. Following a plane crash in July 2012, Defendant Danko Meredith represented the heirs of one of the decedents, Michael Boolen, in a wrongful death action. See Dkt. No. 36-1 (“Danko Decl.”) at ¶ 2; see also id. at Ex. A. The heirs sued Able Air…