United Insurance v. Unisys Corp.

Type

Opinion of the Court

Author

Jane Richards Roth

Filed

June 28, 2002

Case

United Insurance v. Unisys Corp.

Case status

Decided

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*824 OPINION ROTH, Circuit Judge. Unisys Corporation appeals from a final order of judgment of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, granting United Insurance Company’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment. The District Court had subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332 . We have appellate jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We exercise plenary review over a grant of a motion for summary judgment. See Metro Transp. Co. v. North Star Reinsurance Co., 912 F.2d 672, 678 (3d Cir.1990). In our review of the grant of summary judgment, we view all reasonable inferences from the evidence in a light most favorable to the nonmoving party. Hamilton v. Leavy, 117 F.3d 742, 746 (3d Cir.1997). Summary judgment may be granted where there exists no genuine issue as to any material fact, and the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(c). United Insurance brought suit seeking payment of retrospective premiums allegedly due from Unisys. United Insurance is an assignee of National Union Fire Insurance Co. which had sold a series of annual retrospectively-rated blanket liability insurance policies to Sperry Corporation,…

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