Legal Opinion
Field v. Transcontinental Insurance
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided March 18, 1998No. CIV.A. 97-702-APublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ELLIS, District Judge.
In this diversity action, a trustee in bankruptcy claims that his debtor was an insured under a policy of insurance and that the insurer’s bad faith refusal to defend and indemnify the debtor-insured caused damage to the debtor. The parties have filed cross-motions for summary judgment, which motions have been fully briefed and argued and are thus now ready for disposition.
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2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Henry Clay Tignor v. William C. Parkinson, Jr., in Re Henry Clay Tignor, DebtorCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by20 opinions
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