Legal Opinion
Haines v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided February 17, 1977No. Civ. B-75-773PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
BLAIR, District Judge.
This is a declaratory judgment action involving the construction of an insurance contract. At issue are the scope of the defendant insurance company’s duty to defend and whether, in the event no duty is found, the company is estopped from denying coverage because of its actions or inactions. Haines and the other named plaintiffs are co-partners in a Baltimore law firm, Wright & Parks, the successor firm to Wright, Robertson & Dowell. This suit initially was brought in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, 1 and was removed by the defendant, St. Paul Fire and…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Curtis v. LoetherSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Porter v. Warner Holding Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Dorothy P. Robinson v. Lorillard Corporation (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1971
- Richard JOHNSON, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GEORGIA HIGHWAY EXPRESS, INC., Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Mitchell v. Robert DeMario Jewelry, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- O'Neill Investigations, Inc. v. Illinois Employers Insurance of WausauAlaska Supreme Court · 1981
- New Castle County v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.District Court, D. Delaware · 1987
- Intel Corp. v. Hartford Acc. and Indem. Co.District Court, N.D. California · 1988
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