Mendelsohn v. CNA Insurance Co.

The issue raised on appeal calls for a determination of whether an attorney’s conduct of a lawsuit pro se amounts to the practice of law for purposes of an insurer’s liability under a policy issued for protection against the attorney’s “professional, office premises and personal injury liability.”

The plaintiff, Ralph J. Mendelsohn, brought an action for declaratory judgment against the defendant, CNA Insurance Company, Inc., seeking a determination of his rights as an insured under a policy issued by the defendant and described above. The insured, an attorney, sought declaratory judgment that…