Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York v. Griffin

CONNALLY, District Judge.

This is a declaratory judgment action in which the insurer seeks a determination of its duties and obligations under an automobile liability policy. Defendants are the insured, and third-party claimants.

Federal jurisdiction is based on diversity of citizenship, the insurer being a citizen of New York, and each of the defendants being a citizen of this State. The jurisdictional amount is sufficient.

The facts, largely without dispute, are these. The plaintiff, Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York, issued its automobile liability policy to the defendant Arthur White, the…