American Cas. Co. v. Wright

American Casualty Insurance Company, Inc. ("American Casualty"), filed a declaratory judgment action against Calvin W. Wright, d/b/a Wright Sons Trucking Company ("Wright"), Ralph Williams Associates ("Williams"), and John Green ("employee"), seeking to have its workmen's compensation insurance policy construed to determine whether there was coverage for Wright during an alleged period of lapse in that coverage. The trial court heard ore tenus evidence and found that American Casualty, by its conduct after knowledge of all the relevant facts, had waived its right to claim forfeiture of…