Weintraub v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance

MEMORANDUM

LUONGO, Chief Judge.

This is a declaratory- judgment action in which plaintiff, Michael J. Weintraub, seeks an order obligating The St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company (“St. Paul”) to (1) provide a defense, (2) indemnify against loss, and (3) reimburse fees and costs with respect to a legal malpractice claim against plaintiff’s former law partner in which plaintiff has been joined as an additional defendant. Plaintiff has moved for summary judgment on the ground that St. Paul has abandoned or is estopped from asserting its defenses to liability. Because I conclude that St.…