Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Co. v. Clemens Coal Co.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

CARLOS MURGUIA, United States District Judge

Plaintiff Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company (“Liberty Mutual”) filed this case seeking a judicial declaration that a 1996-1997 Liberty Mutual workers’ compensation and employee liability insurance policy does not cover a black lung disease claim filed by defendant Clayton Spencer, a former employee of defendant The Clemens Coal Company (“Clemens Coal”). Clemens Coal is bankrupt, and has been dismissed from this case. The former president of Clemens Coal, Dennis Woolman, is the remaining active defendant in the case. Woolman…