Legal Opinion
Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 6, 1991No. Civ. A. 90-6592PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND OPINION
KATZ, District Judge.
This is a dispute about coverage under a liability insurance contract for the costs of defending and settling a complex business lawsuit after a three month trial in New York. Each side takes a position at the extreme. The insurance company declines to contribute to the costs of defense and settlement, even though the policy provided coverage for slander and the underlying lawsuit contained a claim for slander. It relies on a wooden reading of the underlying complaint and a narrow exclusion in the insurance contract, ignoring modern pleading rules…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Griffith v. United Air Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
- Fitzpatrick v. American Honda Motor Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1991
- Brakeman v. Potomac Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Gedeon v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
- Cadwallader v. New Amsterdam Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
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3Cited by58 opinions
- The Frog, Switch & Manufacturing Co., Inc., in No. 98-7552 v. The Travelers Insurance Company (d.c. Civ. No. 98-Cv-00643) the Frog, Switch & Manufacturing Co., Inc., in No. 98-7553 v. United States Fire Insurance Company (d.c. Civ. No. 98-Cv-00758)Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
- Lucker Manufacturing, a Unit of Amclyde Engineered Products, Inc. v. The Home Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- Benjamin Post v. St Paul Travelers Ins CoCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2012
- Richard C. Fuisz v. Selective Insurance Company of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1995
- Sherwood Brands, Inc. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1997
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