John D. Flowers and Dave Flowers v. Max Specialty Insurance Company and Darin I. Drane v. Max Specialty Insurance Company

These consolidated appeals are before the Court upon the petitions of John D. Flowers, Dave Flowers, Inc. d/b/a Venom, Inc. and Darin I. Drane, who both seek to reverse the Circuit Court of Cabell County’s order granting declaratory judgment to Respondent Max Specialty Insurance Company. ■ Specifically, Venom appeals the circuit court’s finding that Max Specialty’s duty to defend ends once the policy limits are exhausted through the expenditure of attorney’s fees and litigation costs related to the defense of the underlying tort actions. Separately, Drane appeals the circuit court’s finding…