Legal Opinion
American Registry of Pathology v. Ohio Casualty Insurance
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 26, 2005No. Civ.A. 04-1678 RMCPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
COLLYER, District Judge.
This is a lawsuit about insurance coverage. American Registry of Pathology (“ARP”) asked its insurer, Ohio Casualty Insurance Co. (“Ohio Casualty”), to pay and defend two lawsuits alleging negligent hiring by ARP. See Amended Complaint (“Am.Comph”) at 1. Ohio Casualty refused to do so. Initially, ARP advanced two breach-of-contract claims and a claim of bad faith refusal to pay (¿a, bad faith refusal to provide insurance coverage), for which it seeks $30 million in punitive damages. Ohio Casualty moved to dismiss the third claim on the basis that such…
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