Legal Opinion
Auto Europe, LLC v. Connecticut Indemnity Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 4, 2003No. 02-1799PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
A Maine company, Auto Europe, LLC, brought this diversity action against Connecticut Indemnity Company (“Cl”), seeking a declaratory judgment that the insurance company has a duty to defend Auto Europe in a pending consumer fraud suit. The district court, over Cl’s objection, concluded that Maine is the proper venue for the coverage dispute, Maine substantive law governs it, and Cl has a duty to defend Auto Europe. After careful review of the law and the record, we conclude that Cl’s challenges to those determinations are unavailing. We also affirm the district…
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