Legal Opinion
First National Bank v. Fidelity & Deposit Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided August 14, 1978No. [No. 86A, September Term, 1977.]PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
Levine, J., dissents and filed a dissenting opinion at page 243 infra.
We shall here hold that public policy does not protect appellee, Fidelity & Deposit Company of Maryland (F & D), from liability under its policy ofinsurance with appellant, The First National Bank of St. Mary’s (the Bank), for that portion of a judgment entered against the Bank which included an assessment of exemplary damages.
This case is the direct outgrowth of the unfortunate set of circumstances related in First National Bank of St. Mary’s v. Todd, 283 Md. 251, 389 A. 2d 371 (1978). That case involved a claim for…
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