United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Johnson Shoes, Inc.

This appeal involves issues arising out of a declaratory-judgment petition filed by United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co., Inc. (USF&G) to determine its obligation to provide coverage and to defend its insured, Johnson Shoes, Inc., in two underlying lawsuits. USF&G denied that it had a duty to provide coverage and to defend on two grounds: (1) that no “occurrence,” as defined by the policy, had occurred during the coverage period; and (2) that the property damage was of the type explicitly excluded from coverage by the terms of the policy. We affirm the order of the trial court that USF&G…