Centennial Insurance Company v. Patterson

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

In this insurance coverage dispute, appellant-insurer Centennial Insurance Company (“Centennial”) seeks review of the district court’s grant of summary judgment to appellee-insured veterinarian Dr. Robert Patterson. The district court declared that Centennial was obligated under an insurance policy to legally defend Patterson in a lawsuit instituted against him by Carol Murphy. After careful consideration, we affirm the grant of summary judgment in favor of Patterson.

I. Background

For the purposes of summary judgment the facts are as follows. Centennial is a New York…