Legal Opinion
Auto-Owners Insurance v. Toole
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided November 27, 1996No. Civil Action 95-T-1153-SPublishedCited by 22 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 Auto-Owners Insurance Company filed this action against defendant Danny Toole, d/b/a Rucker Auto Sales, seeking a declaration that it has no duty, ■under a commercial and garage liability insurance policy, to defend or indemnify Toole in an underlying state court action, Lawson v. Mercury Finance, Inc., civil action no. 95-380-H, pending in the Circuit Court of Houston County, Alabama. In the underlying lawsuit, the state plaintiffs claim, among other things, that Toole…
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