Century Surety Company v. Casino West, Inc.

FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION JUN 16 2014 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT CENTURY SURETY COMPANY, No. 10-17309 Plaintiff - Appellant, D.C. No. 3:07-cv-00636-RCJ- RAM v. CASINO WEST, INC., MEMORANDUM* Defendant - Appellee. 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. Century Surety Company appeals the district court’s denial of its motion for summary judgment on the basis that its policy exclusions were ambiguous. * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. ** The Honorable Carlos F. Lucero, Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, sitting by designation. 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. 2