AETNA CAS. & SUR. CO. v. SHEFT

No. 91-55035.

989 F.2d 1105 (1993)

AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wallace SHEFT, Special Administrator of the Estate of Roy H. Fitzgerald, aka Rock Hudson, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 31, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter M. Fonda, Fonda & Garrard, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellant.

Roy G. Weatherup, Haight, Brown & Bonesteel, Santa Monica, CA, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before: TANG and HALL, Circuit Judges, and WALKER, District Judge.


CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:

Wallace Sheft, special administrator of the estate of Roy Fitzgerald, aka Rock Hudson ("the Estate"), appeals from an order granting summary judgment in favor of Aetna Casualty & Surety Company ("Aetna"), in its declaratory judgment action. Aetna sought a declaration that it is not required to indemnify or defend the Estate for a judgment against it in a state court action brought by Marc Christian, Hudson's lover. In the state...

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