( April 24, 2026, 11:13 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — In its appeal of a lower court’s ruling that an insurer owed no duty to indemnify its subcontractor in an underlying suit, a contractor has asked the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to address an issue it says has not been addressed under California insurance coverage law — whether an indemnitee must file a suit against an indemnitor before an insurer’s duty to indemnify is triggered....