Chalk v. Trans Power Manufacturing, Inc.

Gordon Chalk and forty-eight other plaintiffs (collectively, "Chalk") appeal from a summary judgment dismissing their action against Alan Edward Clare, an insurance underwriter for Lloyd's of London. Lloyd's had provided a policy to Harry Winderman, a Florida attorney against whom Chalk had obtained judgment in a legal malpractice action.

The primary issue is one of coverage — specifically, whether a "claim" — as that term is defined in the Lloyd's policy — was made against Winderman so as to invoke the policy's coverage provisions. Chalk also contends that the trial court erred in awarding…