UNITEDHEALTH GROUP v. EXECUTIVE RISK SPEC. INS.

No. 15-1076.

870 F.3d 856 (2017)

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED, a Minnesota corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EXECUTIVE RISK SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY; First Specialty Insurance Corporation; Starr Excess Liability Insurance International Limited; National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: September 7, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret S. Brownell , Erica Holzer , Michael C. McCarthy , William Zane Pentelovitch , Senior Litigation Attorney, MASLON LLP, Minneapolis, MN, David B. Goodwin , Michael S. Greenberg , COVINGTON & BURLING, San Francisco, CA, Matthew Mackinnon Shors , UNITEDHEALTH GROUP, INC., Minnetonka, MN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Sonya Braunschweig , Alan L. Kildow , BRIGGS & MORGAN, Minneapolis, MN, Jacqueline R. Dungee , Robert L. Ebby , Bonnie M. Hoffman , Daniel J. Layden , Ronald Paltin Schiller , Dylan J. Steinberg , Phillip E. Wilson, Jr. , Robert A. Wiygul , HANGLEY & ARONCHICK, Philadelphia, PA, for Defendants-Appellees Executive Risk Specialty Insurance Company and First Specialty Insurance Corporation.

Thomas Henry Boyd , Brent A. Lorentz , David P. Pearson , WINTHROP & WEINSTINE, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendants-Appellees Starr Excess Liability Insurance International Limited and National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA.

Before LOKEN, SMITH, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.


UnitedHealth Group sued several insurers in the District of Minnesota, seeking indemnity and defense costs for underlying litigation settlements under its professional liability excess insurance policies. UnitedHealth appeals the district court's2 grant of summary judgment in favor of four insurance...

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