Legal Opinion
Hortica-Florists' Mutual Ins. v. Pittman Nursery Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 6, 2013No. 12-1352, 12-1434PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BYE, Circuit Judge.
“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” 1 This case presents to us the affairs of the uniquely unhappy Pittman family of Magnolia, Arkansas. A struggle for control of the family business spawned five lawsuits. Hortica-Florists’ Mutual Insurance Com pany (Hortica), insurer for Pittman Nursery Corporation (PNC), filed a declaratory judgment action to clarify its obligation to provide a defense. PNC filed five counterclaims. The district court ruled Hortica had a duty to defend three of the five lawsuits. The court dismissed two of PNC’s…
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