COMMERCIAL U. ASSUR. CO. v. Glass Lined Pipe Co.

This is an appeal by Commercial Union Assurance Company from a declaratory judgment which held that Commercial Union was obliged by a policy of insurance to defend The Glass Lined Pipe Company, Inc. in an action brought in Minnesota against it. We reverse and remand.

The policy in question was of a type described as a Comprehensive General Liability Insurance, insuring against bodily injury and property damage liability. Under those coverages the contract recites:

The company will pay on behalf of the insured all sums which the insured shall become legally obligated to pay as damages because of

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