Legal Opinion
L. Ray Packing Co. v. Commercial Union Insurance
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided December 30, 1983PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCOLNIK, Justice.
Summary judgment was entered for the defendants, Commercial Union Insurance Company (Commercial Union) and First State Insurance Company (First State) in the Superior Court, Cumberland County, which ruled that the defendant-insurers had no duty to defend the plaintiff, L. Ray Packing Company (L. Ray) in an underlying civil action pending in the United States District Court for the District of Maine. We affirm the judgment of the Superior Court.
In May 1981, the plaintiff was joined as a party defendant in an action commenced by fourteen fishermen in the United States District…
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