Duke University v. St. Paul Mercury Insurance

GREENE, Judge.

This appeal arises from a declaratory judgment action brought by Duke University (“Duke”) against its general liability insurer, St. Paul Mercury Insurance Company (“St. Paul”), and its “errors and omissions” insurer, Continental Casualty Company (“CCC”). Duke originally sued both defendants to recover a total of $51,477.99 in attorney’s fees Duke incurred as a defendant in a lawsuit involving a psychiatric hospital owned by Duke (the “underlying action”). The underlying action arose from Duke’s proposed sale of the psychiatric hospital to a third party, and the disbursement of…