Legal Opinion
Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance v. Ahrens
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 23, 2011No. Nos. 10-2779, 10-2780PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
HARDIMAN, Circuit Judge.
Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Co. (MLM) sought a declaration that an insurance policy issued to Thomas Ahrens, Esq. and his law firm (collectively, Ahrens) did not oblige MLM to defend or indemnify Ahrens in two Pennsylvania suits brought by clients of the firm. The District Court granted judgment on the pleadings and the clients appealed. Essentially for the reasons stated in the District Court’s well-reasoned opinions, we will affirm.
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Because we write for the parties, we recount only the essential facts and procedural history.1 Under…
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- Allan J. Jablonski v. Pan American World Airways, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
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