Axis Insurance Company v. Great American Insurance Company of New York

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 AXIS INSURANCE COMPANY, Case No. 22-cv-02315-AMO

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING BOTH PARTIES’

v. MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY

JUDMGENT

GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK, Re: Dkt. Nos. 54, 64, 90 11 Defendant.

12 This insurance coverage dispute involves two insurance parties: (1) AXIS Insurance Company (“AXIS”), the primary insurer for Twin Hill Acquisition Company (“Twin Hill”), a garment manufacturer, and (2) Twin Hill’s excess insurer, Great American Insurance Company of New York (“Great American”). AXIS contends that it paid its applicable policy limits in connection with liability that Twin Hill incurred involving injuries resulting from uniforms it manufactured, and that Great American must now indemnify AXIS for money it spent in excess of its obligations and defend Twin Hill in underlying actions. Great American, for its part, argues that AXIS did not exhaust its primary AXIS policies such that Great American’s excess policies …