National Mutual Insurance v. McMahon & Sons, Inc.

McGRAW, Chief Justice:

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment order entered by the Circuit Court of Jefferson County. The circuit court ruled that the plaintiff-appellee, National Mutual Insurance Company, had no obligation to defend or pay any liability of the defendant-appellant, McMahon and Sons, Inc. Following the entry of this order, Farmers and Mechanics Mutual Fire Insurance Company was allowed to intervene and joins as an appellant in this action.

This appeal presents peculiarly convoluted relationships combined with sparse factual development below. The circuit court made its…