Legal Opinion
Allstate Indemnity Co. v. Lewis
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided November 18, 1997No. CIV. A. 96-T-1028-NPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.
Pursuant to the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C.A. § 2201, plaintiff Allstate Indemnity Company filed this lawsuit against defendant administratrix of the estate of Walter Lewis, Jr., and defendant Michael Doak Nesbitt, seeking a declaration that Místate has no duty, under a homeowner’s insurance policy, to defend or indemnify Nesbitt in an underlying state-court action the administratrix has against Nesbitt.
Místate has invoked this court’s diversity-of-citizenship jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C.A. § 1332. By agreement of the parties, this…
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