Lebas Fashion Imports of USA, Inc. v. ITT Hartford Insurance Group

Opinion

CROSKEY, J.

Lebas Fashion Imports of USA, Inc. (Lebas), appeals from a summary judgment granted in favor of ITT Hartford Insurance Group (Hartford) on Lebas’s first amended complaint for breach of an insurance contract and breach of the implied covenant of good faith. After Lebas had been sued in federal court for trademark infringement, Hartford, which had issued a commercial general liability (CGL) policy to Lebas, denied coverage and refused to provide Lebas with a defense on the ground that the policy did not provide coverage for a claim based on trademark infringement. Lebas…