Mealey's (October 25, 2017, 7:59 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The city of Phoenix is asking the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to reverse a district court decision that determined that first-layer policies did not obligate insurers to reimburse the city’s defense expenses and the costs of a settlement payment. The city argues that the insurers’ nonpayment constituted bad faith (City of Phoenix v. First Place Insurance Company, et al., No. 16-16767, 9th Cir.)....