Case Name: EVANSTON INSURANCE COMPANY, a foreign insurance company; American Guarantee & Liability Insurance Co., a foreign insurance company, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. WESTCHESTER SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE COMPANY, a foreign insurance company; Royal Insurance Company of America, also known as Royal Insurance Company, Northwest Tower Crane Service Inc; John Does, Defendants, and Royal Indemnity Company, a foreign insurance company, individually and as a successor to Royal Insurance Company of America aka Royal Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellant; Evanston Insurance Company, a foreign insurance company, Plaintiff, and American Guarantee & Liability Insurance Co., a foreign insurance company, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Royal Indemnity Company, a foreign insurance company, individually and as a successor to Royal Insurance Company of America aka Royal Insurance Company; Westchester Surplus Lines Insurance Company, a foreign insurance company, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-12-02
Citations: 546 F. App'x 720
Docket Number: Nos. 12-35783, 12-35798
Parties: EVANSTON INSURANCE COMPANY, a foreign insurance company; American Guarantee & Liability Insurance Co., a foreign insurance company, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. WESTCHESTER SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE COMPANY, a foreign insurance company; Royal Insurance Company of America, also known as Royal Insurance Company, Northwest Tower Crane Service Inc; John Does, Defendants, and Royal Indemnity Company, a foreign insurance company, individually and as a successor to Royal Insurance Company of America aka Royal Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellant. Evanston Insurance Company, a foreign insurance company, Plaintiff, and American Guarantee & Liability Insurance Co., a foreign insurance company, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Royal Indemnity Company, a foreign insurance company, individually and as a successor to Royal Insurance Company of America aka Royal Insurance Company; Westchester Surplus Lines Insurance Company, a foreign insurance company, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: SCHROEDER, PAEZ, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 546
Pages: 720–721

Head Matter:
EVANSTON INSURANCE COMPANY, a foreign insurance company; American Guarantee & Liability Insurance Co., a foreign insurance company, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. WESTCHESTER SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE COMPANY, a foreign insurance company; Royal Insurance Company of America, also known as Royal Insurance Company, Northwest Tower Crane Service Inc; John Does, Defendants, and Royal Indemnity Company, a foreign insurance company, individually and as a successor to Royal Insurance Company of America aka Royal Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellant. Evanston Insurance Company, a foreign insurance company, Plaintiff, and American Guarantee & Liability Insurance Co., a foreign insurance company, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Royal Indemnity Company, a foreign insurance company, individually and as a successor to Royal Insurance Company of America aka Royal Insurance Company; Westchester Surplus Lines Insurance Company, a foreign insurance company, Defendants-Appellees.
Nos. 12-35783, 12-35798.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted Nov. 8, 2013.
Filed Dec. 2, 2013.
Laurie D. Kohli, Porter Kohli, P.S., Jacquelyn A. Beatty, Barbara Brady, Karr Tuttle Campbell, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.
David P. Hansen, William A. Olson, Aiken, St. Louis & Siljeg, P.S., Russell Charles Love, Esquire, Thorsrud Cane & Paulich, Seattle, WA, Defendant-Appellant.
Before: SCHROEDER, PAEZ, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
This is the third time this case has been before our court. It is a dispute between insurance carriers arising out of a crane accident at a construction site. In a previous memorandum disposition, we held that there was a contract requiring Northwest Tower Crane to provide excess insurance for Bellevue Master, the general contrac tor. Evanston Ins. Co. v. Westchester Surplus Lines Ins. Co., 451 Fed.Appx. 672 (9th Cir.2011). On remand, Royal Indemnity contended that its excess insurance was excess to all of Bellevue Master's insurance. While the district court was not correct in stating that our prior mandate precluded Royal's argument, the argument should have been raised earlier in the litigation and has therefore been waived. See In re Cellular 101, Inc., 589 F.3d 1150, 1155 (9th Cir.2008).
In the cross-appeal, American Guarantee seeks attorney's fees, claiming that under Washington law it is equitably sub-rogated to the rights of Bellevue Master. Bellevue Master, however, was fully compensated by its own insurers, and American Guarantee is seeking reimbursement from Royal and Westchester Surplus Lines, who are insurers by virtue of a third party's policies. The district court was correct in ruling that American Guarantee was not entitled to recover attorney fees from Royal and Westchester. See Trinity Universal Ins. Co. of Kansas v. Ohio Cas. Ins. Co., 176 Wash.App. 185, 312 P.3d 976, 988-89, 2013 WL 4562718, at *11 (Wash.Ct.App. Aug. 19, 2013).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.