9th Circuit: Dispute Over Phrase ‘Direct Supplier’ Is Question Of Fact For Jury

Mealey's (June 20, 2017, 1:19 PM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on June 19 found that whether a manufacturer of hard-disk drives provided to a set-top box company was a direct supplier of a satellite television provider is a question of fact to be resolved by a jury, reversing and remanding a lower court’s ruling in favor of an insurer in a business interruption coverage dispute arising from the Thailand flood (DirecTV v. Factory Mutual Insurance Co., No. 16-55313, 9th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 10787)....