Transamerica Insurance Services v. Kopko

GARRARD, Judge.

This appeal stems from a summary judgment in favor of Andrew J. Kopko (Kopko) as trustee of a land development trust doing business under the name East Dyer Development Company (East Dyer). In Kopko's second declaratory judgment action, the court determined that Kopko's insurer, Transamerica Insurance Services (Transamerica), had a duty to defend Kop-ko in a federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and state law based suit pending against Kopko in the federal district court.

In 1977 a joint venture between 545 service Corporation and Citizens Development…