Heyden Newport Chemical Corp. v. Southern General Insurance Co.

HAMILTON, Justice.

This is a suit between petitioners, Hey-den Newport Chemical Corporation and its insurer, The Insurance Company of North America, against Southern General Insurance Company, the respondent, to recover the cost of defending a prior suit under the omnibus clause of Southern General’s policy. In the prior suit Heyden Newport Chemical Corporation, Newport Industries Division, hereinafter referred to as “Newport Industries”, was named as a defendant along with Raymond Pickering and Arthur Marks in an action brought to recover damages for the death of Sam Traylor. The defendant,…