Wilma Irene Greer v. Associated Indemnity Corporation

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

As with another recent case, Hamilton v. Maryland Cas. Co., 1966, 5 Cir., 368 F.2d 768, this adds to the list of insurance controversies in which the parties, most frequently the insurers, Travelers Ins. Co. v. Employers’ Liability Assur. Corp., Ltd., 1966, 4 Cir., 367 F.2d 205, flee from the state forum to litigate their local, non-federal claims in the Federal Courts.

What — and all — that is involved is the construction of the terms of an insurance policy as to which we are Erie- Florida bound. Indeed, we can think of no more local an Erie-problem than…