Blue Diamond Coal Co. v. Holland-America Insurance Co.

671 S.W.2d 829 (1984)

BLUE DIAMOND COAL COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

HOLLAND-AMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY, Lexington Insurance Company, John Basil Thomas Bird & Companies and American Re-Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

May 7, 1984.

Foster D. Arnett, Dan D. Rhea, Knoxville, for plaintiff-appellant; Speight & Parker, Nashville, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, Louisville, Ky., of counsel.

E. Bruce Foster, Jr., Knoxville, Richard J. Geddes, Chicago, Ill., John David Cole, Bowling Greene, Ky., for defendants-appellees.

OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

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