VBF, Inc. v. Chubb Group of Insurance Companies

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff YBF, Inc. (“VBF”) filed suit against Defendants, various insurance companies, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma. 1 Jurisdiction was based on diversity of citizenship under 28 U.S.C. § 1332. VBF sought a judgment declaring that two insurance policies issued by Defendants required Defendants to defend and indemnify VBF from a lawsuit filed against VBF by a third party. VBF later amended its complaint to also allege that Defendants had violated the duty of good faith and fair dealing. Both VBF and Defendants…