J G Industries, Inc. v. National Union Fire Insurance

PRESIDING JUSTICE JIGANTI

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment in favor of the plaintiff, J G Industries, Inc., holding that the defendant, National Union Fire Insurance Company (National Union), had a duty to defend J G against a lawsuit brought by its former employee, the defendant Jose G. Garcia. The lawsuit contained separate counts seeking to recover damages for retaliatory discharge, libel and slander and punitive damages in connection with the retaliatory discharge theory. National Union counterclaimed for declaratory judgment and filed a…