United States Ninth Circuit

In a wrongful death action centering around the effective cancellation date of the insurance policy of the alleged tortfeasor, summary judgment for the insurance company is reversed and remanded where the tortfeasor did not receive actual delivery of the cancellation letter, thus the insurance company did not provide effective cancellation notice. (Amended opinion)

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/19/2007
• Decided 01/13/2009
• Published 01/13/2009

Judges

• GOULD, Circuit Judge:, Before:  RONALD M. GOULD and RICHARD A. PAEZ, Circuit Judges, and LYLE E. STROM, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Kevin Coluccio, Garth L. Jones, Paul L. Stritmatter, Stritmatter Kessler Whelan Withey Coluccio, Hoquiam, WA, for defendant-appellant Brooks Samples., Irene M. Hecht, Maureen M. Falecki, Keller Rohrback L.L.P., Seattle, WA, for plaintiff-appellee Cornhusker Casualty Insurance Company.