Pacific Structures, Inc v. Greenwich Insurance Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 PACIFIC STRUCTURES, INC, Case No. 21-cv-04438-HSG
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
v. STAY
GREENWICH INSURANCE COMPANY, Re: Dkt. No. 60 Defendant.
12 Plaintiff Pacific Structures, Inc. brings this insurance coverage dispute seeking damages it suffered in an underlying state proceeding after Defendant Greenwich Insurance Company allegedly delayed in agreeing to defend Pacific Structures in that action. Greenwich previously moved under Landis v. N. Am. Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254-55 (1936), to stay this action pending resolution of the state proceeding. Dkt. No. 21. Finding that Colorado River Water Conservation Dist. v. United States, 424 U.S. 800, 817 (1976), not Landis, appeared to supply the appropriate standard for evaluating Greenwich’s motion, the Court denied the motion without prejudice to the refiling of a motion addressing the Colorado River requirements or explaining why Colorado River did not apply. Dkt. No. 57. Greenwich now…