Ashby v. Bar Plan Mutual Insurance Co.

DICKSON, Justice.

This appeal challenges the grant of summary judgment in favor of an insurance company seeking a declaration of no professional liability coverage for claims brought against its insured attorney who abandoned his law practice, was disbarred, and did not report the claims to the company. We reverse the summary judgment.

Briefly summarized, the pertinent designated materials indicate the following sequence of events. The plaintiffs, Michael Ashby and Randy O’Brien each retained attorney C. Bruce Davidson to represent them in damage actions arising out of alleged attacks upon…