Legal Opinion
Vale Chemical Co. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 22, 1985No. 169; 170PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CERCONE, Judge:
The plaintiff, Vale Chemical Company, Inc. (Vale), brought a declaratory judgment action against two of its former insurers, Manufacturers’ Casualty Insurance Company (Manufacturers’) and Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company (Hartford), as well as Transamerica Insurance Company as successor in interest to Manufacturers’. 1 The action was brought to determine which, if any, of these insurers has a duty to defend and, if necessary, to indemnify Vale in an action brought against Vale by a Sandra Smith in 1980 in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. 2
In order to…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Lee v. Aetna Casualty & Surety CoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
- Kremers-Urban Co. v. American Employers Insurance Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1984
- Collister v. Nationwide Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
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3Cited by36 opinions
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- D'Auria v. Zurich InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- Butterfield v. GiuntoliSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
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