VRV Development L.P. v. Mid-Continent Casualty Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:
This case arises from defendant Mid-Continent Casualty Co.’s refusal to defend and indemnify plaintiffs VRV Development L.P. (“VRV L.P.”), Marken Management GP L.L.C. (“Marken”), and Kenny Mar-chant (“Marchant”) (collectively, ‘VRV”) in an underlying lawsuit in Texas state court. The district court held that VRV is not entitled to defense and indemnity because VRV L.P. is not covered under two commercial general liability (“CGL”) policies issued to VRV Inc. 1 We affirm on the alternative ground that the underlying lawsuit does not allege a covered occurrence of…
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