Stevens Industries, Inc. v. Maryland Casualty Company

GEWIN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, 279 P.Supp. 681, granting a motion for summary judgment in favor of Maryland Casualty Company (Maryland) in a declaratory judgment action brought by it as the comprehensive liability insurer of Stevens Industries, Inc. (Stevens). Stevens also soug-ht declaratory judgment by means of counterclaim. The court held that Maryland was not liable to defend or pay judgments resulting from claims asserted by farmers against Stevens, arising out of the sale of defective peanut…