CONTINENTAL CASUALTY CO., Plaintiff,
v.
Patrick L. WESTERFIELD, representative of the estate of Frank O. Westerfield, and Charles Hempel, Defendants,
and
Patrick L. WESTERFIELD, representative of the estate of Frank O. Westerfield, Third-Party Plaintiff,
v.
INSURANCE CO. OF NORTH AMERICA, Interstate Fire & Casualty Co., United States Fire Insurance Co., Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co., and St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Third-Party Defendants, Counterdefendants, Counterclaimants and Third-Party Plaintiffs,
v.
Roy and Virginia TAUCHE REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST, the Frances M. Graham Revocable Trust, et al., and Patrick L. Westerfield, representative of the estate of Frank O. Westerfield, and Charles Hempel, Third-Party Defendants and Counterdefendants.
United States District Court, D. New Mexico.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
January 16, 1997.
January 16, 1997.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Lisa M. Burke & Joseph Frontino, Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, Albuquerque, NM, Wallace A. Christensen, Roland G. Schroeder & Gary V. Dixon, Ross, Dixon & Masback, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff Continental Casualty.
Floyd D. Wilson, Barbara Pryor, Wilson & Pryor, Albuquerque, NM, for Defendant Westerfield.
Richard D. Yeomans, Guebert & Yeomans, Albuquerque, NM, for Defendant Charles Hempel.
Jeffrey R. Brannen, Brannen & Associates, Santa Fe, NM, Kevin F. Amatuzio, Joel A. Kolodny, Christopher J. Kuelling, Montgomery, Green, Jarvis, Kolodny & Markusson, Denver, CO, for Third-Party Defendant INA.
M. Clea Gutterson, William P. Gralow, Civerolo, Gralow & Hill, Albuquerque, NM, for Third-Party Defendant United States Fire Insurance Co.
Charles R. Peifer, Browning & Peifer, Albuquerque, NM, Janet R. Davis, David M. Menditto, Phillip R. King, Bates, Meckler, Bugler & Tilson, Chicago, IL, for Third-Party Defendant Interstate Fire & Casualty Co.
Paul G. Bardacke, John G. Baugh, Eaves, Bardacke & Baugh, Albuquerque, NM, for Third-Party Defendant Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.
William C. Madison, Robert J. Mroz, Judith A. Luck, Madison, Harbour, & Mroz, Albuquerque, NM, for Third-Party Defendant St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co.
Jonathan B. Sutin, Sutin, Thayer & Brown, Albuquerque, NM, for Third-Party Defendant Roy & Virginia Tauche Revocable Living Trust.
United States District Court, D. New Mexico.
MEMORANDUM OPINION ON ISSUE OF COLLUSION
CONWAY, Chief Judge.
The present action concerns various insurance companies' liability, if any, for their refusal to defend or indemnify Frank Westerfield, now deceased, against claims of fraud and malpractice brought by Charles Hempel in 1992 in New Mexico District Court. In a Memorandum Opinion issued August 3, 1995, I set forth in greater detail certain factual allegations and legal theories of the parties...
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