Farris v. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co.

The plaintiffs brought this action in their capacity as insureds in a liability policy issued by defendant (USF & Gr). The action is in part to recover plaintiffs’ expenses incurred in defending an action brought against them and which USF & Gr refused to defend. The trial court sustained the demurrer of USF & Gl- and plaintiffs appeal.

The defendant filed a motion to dismiss the appeal contending plaintiffs are attempting to appeal from a nonappealable order. We denied the motion; however, we granted the defendant leave to renew.

The trial court sustained the demurrer upon the ground that the…