Legal Opinion
Clarendon Nat'l Ins. Co. v. Lexington Ins. Co.
District Court, N.D. Ohio
Decided June 4, 2018No. Case No. 3:16CV1128PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
James G. Carr, Sr. U.S. District Judge
This is an insurance dispute.
Plaintiff Clarendon National Insurance Company funded the defense of, and ultimately paid a settlement in, a civil-rights lawsuit filed against its insureds: the Lucas County, Ohio, Board of Commissioners; James Telb, a former Sheriff of Lucas County; and several former deputy sheriffs. The lawsuit, Coley v. Lucas Cnty., et al. , Case No. 3:08CV9 (N.D. Ohio), involved claims for, inter alia , excessive force, wrongful death, and conspiracy arising out of the death of Carlton Benton, a pretrial detainee who died in custody at…
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