Auto-Owners Insurance Company v. E.N.D. Services, Inc.

HULL, Circuit Judge:

Defendants-AppeUants E.N.D. Services, Inc. (“E.N.D.”), Soosie Lazenby, and George W. Spowart appeal the district court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of Plaintiff-Appellee Auto-Owners Insurance Co. (“Auto-Owners”). In this declaratory judgment action, Plaintiff Auto-Owners sought a ruling as to what, if any, obligations it owed its insured, the Defendant, E.N.D.

Prior to this action, Defendants Lazenby and Spowart had received a default judgment against the insured, E.N.D., in a separate underlying state court action. Defendant E.N.D. then assigned its rights…