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Century Sur. Co. v. Casino W., Inc.

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Jun 16, 2014
578 F. App'x 720 (9th Cir. 2014)

Opinion

No. 10-17309 D.C. No. 3:07-cv-00636-RCJ-RAM

06-16-2014

CENTURY SURETY COMPANY, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. CASINO WEST, INC., Defendant - Appellee.


NOT FOR PUBLICATION


MEMORANDUM

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.


Appeal from the United States District Court

for the District of Nevada

Robert Clive Jones, District Judge, Presiding


Argued and Submitted December 8, 2011

San Francisco, California

Before: LUCERO, CALLAHAN, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.

The Honorable Carlos F. Lucero, Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, sitting by designation.
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Century Surety Company appeals the district court's denial of its motion for summary judgment on the basis that its policy exclusions were ambiguous.

On April 6, 2012, we certified two questions of Nevada law to the Nevada Supreme Court: "(1) Does the pollution exclusion in Century's insurance policy exclude coverage of claims arising from carbon monoxide exposure? (2) Does the indoor air quality exclusion in Century's insurance policy exclude coverage of claims arising from carbon monoxide exposure?" Century Sur. Co. v. Casino W., Inc., 677 F.3d 903, 905 (9th Cir. 2012).

On May 29, 2014, the Nevada Supreme Court filed its answers to the certified questions. We need not restate the facts of this case or the reasoning of the Nevada Supreme Court set forth in Century Sur. Co. v. Casino W., Inc., No. 60622, 2014 WL 2396085 (May 29, 2014). Pursuant to the state high court's opinion, we affirm the judgment of the district court.

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

Century Sur. Co. v. Casino W., Inc.

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Jun 16, 2014
578 F. App'x 720 (9th Cir. 2014)
Case details for

Century Sur. Co. v. Casino W., Inc.

Case Details

Full title:CENTURY SURETY COMPANY, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. CASINO WEST, INC.…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Jun 16, 2014

Citations

578 F. App'x 720 (9th Cir. 2014)

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