Carolina Casualty Insurance v. Bolling Walter & Gawthrop

MEMORANDUM *

The law firm Bolling Walter & Gawthrop and Theodore D. Bolling, Jr. (“Appellants”) appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the Carolina Casualty Insurance Company (“Carolina”) in Carolina’s declaratory judgment action. We affirm. Because the facts are known to the parties, we do not review them here.

We reject Appellants’ argument that this controversy is not ripe. Whether Carolina has the right to control the defense of a pending legal malpractice claim against Appellants that Appellants contend is covered by their insurance policy is “a real and substantial…