HYDRO-AIR EQUIPMENT, INC. v. HYATT CORP.

No. 86-2774.

852 F.2d 403 (1988)

HYDRO-AIR EQUIPMENT, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HYATT CORPORATION, A Delaware corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 20, 1988.

Designated for Publication July 22, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel T. Rees, Leff Katz Rees & Mocciaro, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

David Harriman, Paul Hasting Janofsky & Walker, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellee.

Before TANG, CANBY and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges.


CANBY, Circuit Judge:

Hydro-Air Equipment, Inc. appeals the Nevada district court's summary judgment in favor of Hyatt Corporation. Hydro-Air sought a declaratory judgment from the district court, contending that it was entitled to indemnification from Hyatt for settlement costs it paid in the "Ampico action," a lawsuit that followed the 1980 MGM Grand Hotel fire in Las Vegas. The district court held that Hydro-Air's request for implied equitable indemnity could not...

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