The Crosby Estate at Rancho Santa Fe Master Association v. Ironshore Specialty Insurance Company

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 THE CROSBY ESTATE AT Case No.: 19-cv-2369-WQH-NLS

RANCHO SANTA FE MASTER

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ASSOCIATION, ORDER

13 Plaintiff, 14 v. 15

IRONSHORE SPECIALTY

16 INSURANCE COMPANY, 17 Defendant. 18 HAYES, Judge: 19 The matter before the Court is the Motion for Partial Summary Judgment filed by 20 Plaintiff The Crosby Estate at Rancho Santa Fe Master Association. (ECF No. 15). 21 I. BACKGROUND 22 On December 10, 2019, Plaintiff The Crosby Estate at Rancho Santa Fe Master 23 Association (“The Crosby”) filed a Complaint against Defendant Ironshore Specialty 24 Insurance Company (“Ironshore”). (ECF No. 1). In the Complaint, The Crosby alleges that 25 it is insured under a policy issued by Ironshore. The Crosby alleges that it was sued in 2018 26 by a neighboring community homeowners’ association and “tendered the defense of that 27 lawsuit to Ironshore . . . .” (Id. ¶ 2). The Crosby alleges that Ironshore “dragged its feet,” 28 stated that Ironshore did not have a duty to defend…