United States Ninth Circuit

In an insurance coverage dispute, the district court's order denying plaintiff-insurer's motion for summary judgment and a later order entering judgment in favor of defendants, are reversed and remanded, where: 1) the Nevada Supreme Court answered the certified question regarding choice-of-law in the parties' insurance contract by holding that Nevada public policy did not preclude giving effect to a household exclusion clause in an automobile liability insurance policy delivered in Mississippi to Mississippi residents and choosing Mississippi law as controlling, where Mississippi law permits household exclusions but the effect of the exclusion is to deny Nevada residents who were injured in Nevada recovery of the minimum coverages specified in Nevada law; and thus, 2) Mississippi law applies and there is no coverage under the subject policy.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/07/2014
• Published 05/07/2014

Judges

• PER CURIAM

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel