Home Insurance Co. v. Leinart

OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

The plaintiff, The Home Insurance Company, issued to Anderson County, Tennessee, a general comprehensive liability insurance policy which was in effect during the time material to this action. The intervening petitioner, Grimm, brought an action to recover damages in the United States District Court pursuant to 42 U.S.C., § 1983, against defendants Leinart and Phillips, each of whom was a commissioner or member of the legislative body of the county of Anderson, alleging that they, “under color of law,” had falsely arrested and falsely imprisoned her and otherwise…