Legal Opinion

Mid-Century Insurance Co. v. Estate of Morris

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided April 4, 2012No. 07A01-1106-PL-313PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BROWN, Judge.

Mid-Century Insurance Company (“Mid-Century”) appeals the trial court’s grant of the Estate of Thomas Lynn Morris’s (“the Estate”) motion to dismiss Mid-Century’s complaint for declaratory judgment. Mid-Century raises one issue which we revise and restate as whether the trial court abused its discretion in granting the Estate’s motion to dismiss. We affirm.

The relevant facts as stated in Mid-Century’s first amended complaint follow. 1 Mid-Century, a reciprocal insurance exchange operating under California law with its principal headquarters in California, issued an…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Cunningham Brothers, Inc. v. Harry BailCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1969
  2. Dible v. City of LafayetteIndiana Supreme Court · 1999
  3. Thompson v. Medical Licensing BoardIndiana Court of Appeals · 1979
  4. Morgan v. Guaranty National CompaniesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
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3Cited by9 opinions

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