BERG v. FIRST STATE INS. CO.

Nos. 88-6682, 89-55004 and 89-55054.

915 F.2d 460 (1990)

Harold BERG; Willard S. Boothby, Jr.; Harold C. Stuart; A. Alfred Taubman; John W. Teets; Laurence A. Tisch; Henry Wendt, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FIRST STATE INSURANCE COMPANY; The Harbor Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees. Harold BERG; Willard S. Boothby, Jr.; Harold C. Stuart; A. Alfred Taubman; John W. Teets; Laurence A. Tisch; Henry Wendt, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. FIRST STATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant. Harold BERG; Willard S. Boothby, Jr.; Harold C. Stuart; A. Alfred Taubman; John W. Teets; Laurence A. Tisch; Henry Wendt, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. FIRST STATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant, and The Harbor Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 25, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven B. Feirson, Dechert Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs-appellants, cross-appellees.

Mark L. Rosen, Ignatius John Melito, Amy Gallent, Kathleen L. Kuhn, Siff, Rosen & Parker, P.C., New York City, Charles A. Adamek, Nora Dwyer, Diane I. Jennings, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Los Angeles, Cal., Howard M. Garfield, Long & Levit, Robin A.R. Fisher, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees, cross-appellants.

Before GOODWIN, Chief Judge, CANBY and LEAVY, Circuit Judges.


LEAVY, Circuit Judge:

OVERVIEW

Six former directors of the Getty Oil Company (Getty Oil) appeal from the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the appellees, First State Insurance Company (First State) and Harbor Insurance Company (Harbor) (collectively, the insurers). The directors claim their liability insurance policies were wrongfully cancelled when the insurers learned of the directors' potential...

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