Parker Supply Company, Inc., and Owen P. Parker, Jr. v. The Travelers Indemnity Co., a Corporation, and Charter Oak Fire Insurance Company

JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

This diversity case involves a controversy between an insured and its insurers concerning whether the contracts of insurance required the insurers to defend in a suit against the insured and indemnify the insured for the judgment obtained by the plaintiff in that suit. The insured, Parker Supply Company, Inc. (Parker), contends that the insurers were obligated to conduct a defense in its behalf and pay the judgment against it under the policies’ coverage of malicious prosecution judgments against the insured. The insurers maintain, as they have since the time the…