Legal Opinion
Zurich Insurance v. Principal Mutual Insurance
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided November 2, 2000No. 1716 & 2327, Sept. Term, 1999PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SALMON, Judge.
The single issue to be addressed in this opinion is whether Zurich Insurance Company (“Zurich”) had a duty to defend the owner of an apartment building and a property management company from a lawsuit brought by Sonia Davila, who was injured in an elevator accident on January 6, 1994. The firm of Barnes, Morris, Pardoe and Foster Management Services, LP (“BMPF”), at all times here relevant, managed the office building where Ms. Davila was injured, and Principal Mutual Insurance Company (“Principal”) owned it.
In September 1993, Millar Elevator Service Company (“Mil-lar”) entered…
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- Utica Mutual Insurance v. MillerCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 2000
- Steyer v. Westvaco Corp.District Court, D. Maryland · 1978
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