Legal Opinion
Kirk King, King Construction, Inc. v. Continental Western Insurance Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided October 28, 2003No. WD 61555PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAROLD L. LOWENSTEIN, Judge.
Continental Western Insurance Company appeals from the judgment of the trial court holding that Continental had a duty to defend Kirk King and King Construction, Inc. (collectively “King”), in a copyright-infringement suit filed against the two. Continental insured King under a commercial general liability policy. Plaintiff-Respondent King, a custom home-builder was sued for using a copyrighted house plan as its own. The Continental policy covers “advertising injuries” caused by an offense (infringement of copyright) committed in the course of advertising the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Zipkin v. FreemanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1968
- Microtec Research, Inc. Jerry Kirk v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
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