BLUE RIDGE INS. CO. v. STANEWICH

No. 96-55839.

142 F.3d 1145 (1998)

BLUE RIDGE INSURANCE CO., a Maryland corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kathy STANEWICH, et al., Defendants, and Donald Van Ort; Helen Van Ort, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 24, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul J. O'Rourke, Jr., McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, Wayte & Carruth, Fresno, California, for plaintiff-appellee.

Dwight F. Ritter, San Diego, California, for defendants-appellants.

Before: REINHARDT and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges, and SHADUR, District Judge.


TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:

Donald Van Ort and his grandmother, Helen Van Ort (the Van Orts), appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment to Blue Ridge Insurance Company (Blue Ridge). The district court held that Blue Ridge had no duty to indemnify or defend Kathy Stanewich, administratrix of the Estate of Michael Stanewich, in the underlying civil rights/tort action brought by the Van Orts. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

The undisputed facts are as...

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