St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co. v. Estate of Hunt

Opinion by

Judge JONES.

In an action for declaratory judgment, plaintiff, St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company (St. Paul), appeals from a judgment determining that it had a duty to provide coverage for a medical malpractice claim and was obligated to pay post-judgment interest from the date a default judgment was entered. We reverse.

John R. Hunt, M.D., practiced medicine until July 1983 when he surrendered his license, retired, and purchased a “claims-made” professional liability insurance policy from St. Paul. The policy provided coverage for claims made from 1983 through July 29, 1986,…