9th Circuit Reverses, Remands Excess Coverage Suit Over Racial Discrimination Claim

(February 23, 2017, 9:13 AM EST) -- PASADENA, Calif. — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 21 reversed and remanded a lower federal court’s ruling in a dispute over excess coverage for a settlement demand in an underlying racial discrimination lawsuit against the city of Montebello, Calif. (Security National Insurance Co. v. City of Montebello, Nos. 15-56199 and 15-56263, 9th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 2965)....