Legal Opinion
Gene's Restaurant, Inc. v. Nationwide Insurance
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 27, 1988No. 95 E.D. Appeal Dkt. 1987PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*308OPINION OF THE COURT
STOUT, Justice.
In this case we consider an insurer’s duty to defend under a comprehensive general liability policy.
The question arises out of the refusal of Nationwide Insurance Company to defend its insured, Gene’s Restaurant, Inc., against a complaint in trespass alleging the willful and malicious assault and beating of one of its patrons, Patricia A. Aschenback. Nationwide refused to defend on the ground of noncoverage. Gene’s Restaurant then filed an action in assumpsit against Nationwide seeking to recover the amount it had expended for costs and fees incurred in…
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