Great American Assurance Company v. Zurich American Insurance Company

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GREAT AMERICAN ASSURANCE

COMPANY, Case No. 21-cv-01135-RS

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING IN PART AND

v. GRANTING IN PART CROSS-

MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY

ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE JUDGMENT AND MOTION FOR COMPANY, et al., JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS 14 Defendants. 15 I. INTRODUCTION This dispute among three insurance carriers, all of whom issued policies to the same insured, arises from the notorious sinking and tilting of the Millennium Tower, a residential hi-rise in San Francisco, during and after its construction. The litigation arising from the Millennium Tower construction involved hundreds of parties, multiple cross and countersuits, and a myriad of insurance programs and policies. Over 40 actions were eventually coordinated under a case in San Francisco Superior Court entitled, Laura S. Lehman v. Transbay Joint Powers Authority, et al., Case Number CGC-16-553758. They were then…