Legal Opinion

State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Corry

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided July 8, 2004No. Civil Action 03-2826PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

POLLAX, District Judge.

In this action brought pursuant to the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201-2202, State Farm Fire & Casualty Company (“State Farm”) seeks a declaratory judgment that it has no duty to defend and indemnify William J. Corry in the underlying lawsuit. Corry is a third-party defendant in a tort action pending in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, and holds a homeowners insurance policy issued by State Farm.

Presently before the court is State Farm’s motion for summary judgment. For the reasons set forth below, the motion will be denied, and the…

2Cases cited23 opinions

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  4. Wilton v. Seven Falls Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1995
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