No-Voluntary-Payment Provision Barred Coverage For Defective Oil, Panel Affirms

Mealey's (February 14, 2018, 7:22 AM EST) -- PASADENA, Calif. — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 8 affirmed a lower federal court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of an insurer in an insured’s breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit seeking coverage for an underlying settlement arising from its defective product (Piveg, Inc. v. General Star Indemnity Co., No. 16-56003, 9th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 3057)....