Duzich v. Marine Office of America Corp.

OPINION

YANEZ, Judge.

This appeal stems from a fisherman’s ill-fated lawsuit against his insurers, Marine Office of America Corp. (MOAC), Fidelity & Casualty Co. (Fidelity), and the mortgagees of his vessel, Coastal Plains Production Credit Association (Coastal Plains), 1 and Farm Credit Bank (FCB).

John Duzieh claims his insurers wrongfully failed to defend or indemnify him in collection proceedings that flowed from a judgment rendered against him in a third party action that was otherwise covered by his insurance policy. Duzieh ultimately settled that debt, together with at least part of those…