Legal Opinion
Riviera Beach Volunteer Fire Co. v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided January 10, 1975No. Civ. A. N-74-360PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NORTHROP, Chief Judge.
This action for a declaratory judgment involves the construction of an insurance contract and, specifically, the scope of the defendant insurance company’s duty to provide a legal defense under that contract. The plaintiff, The Riviera Beach Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. (hereinafter “Riviera Beach”), a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Maryland, initiated this action on March 7, 1974, in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, Maryland, requesting that Court to determine the rights and liabilities of the parties under a contract of insurance between…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- American Fidelity & Casualty Company, Inc. v. Pennsylvania Threshermen & Farmers' Mutual Casualty Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Pennsylvania Threshermen & Farmers' Mutual Casualty Insurance v. MessengerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1943
- Government Employees Insurance v. DeJamesCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1970
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Leonard v. Sav-A-Stop Services, Inc.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1981
- Green Bus Lines, Inc. v. Consolidated Mutual InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
- Steyer v. Westvaco Corp.District Court, D. Maryland · 1978
- Haines v. St. Paul Fire & Marine InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1977
- Robert McMullan & Son, Inc. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.California Court of Appeal · 1980
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