Selective Insurance Co. of Southeast v. J.B. Mouton & Sons, Inc.

DUHÉ, Circuit Judge:

The scope of an insurer’s duty to defend determines this appeal. Third-Party Defendant/Appellee Valley Forge Insurance Company is a comprehensive general liability insurer of Third-Party Plaintiff/Appellant J.B. Mouton & Sons, Inc., a general contractor. Some of Mouton’s other liability insurers (now settled out of the case) brought this declaratory action against Mouton claiming that they were not obligated to defend Mouton from claims asserted in a previous suit called the “Dupuis litigation.” After making demand on its insurers to defend, Mouton paid its own costs of…