Westchester Surplus Lines Insurance v. Maverick Tube Corp.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

LEE H. ROSENTHAL, District Judge.

This is an insurance coverage dispute between Maverick Tube Corporation and its insurer, Westchester Surplus Lines Insurance Company. Westchester sued Maverick, seeking a declaratory judgment that a commercial general liability policy and umbrella policy did not cover Maverick’s settlement of a breach of warranty claim asserted by one of its customers, Dominion Exploration and Production Company. Dominion claimed that drill casing manufactured by Maverick and sold through its distributor failed due to a defect in the manufacturing process.…