Twin City Fire Insurance v. Old World Trading Co.

PRESIDING JUSTICE MANNING

delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal arises from the circuit court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs-appellees, Twin City Fire Insurance Company (hereafter Twin City) and California Union Insurance Company (hereafter California Union), on their consolidated declaratory judgment actions against the Old World Trading Company (hereafter defendant or Old World). In a declaratory judgment action, plaintiffs sought a determination as to whether they had a duty, as excess carriers, to defend or indemnify their insured, Old World, in an underlying…