Castro v. Federal Insurance

OPINION

TENNEY, District Judge:

Plaintiff Bernadette Castro (“Ms. Castro”) brought this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2201 (1982) and Rule 57 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. She seeks a declaratory judgment that the defendant, Federal Insurance Company (“Federal”), has a duty to defend and to indemnify her in a legal action pending in the United States Virgin Islands. Ms. Castro is a third party defendant in Whitmer v. Castro Convertible Corp., et al., Civ.No. 1990/27 (D.V.I.) (“the Whitmer action”). She claims that she is entitled to reimbursement from Federal for expenses she has…