Legal Opinion
Maguire v. Ohio Casualty Insurance
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 12, 1992No. 213PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIEAND, Judge:
Where a policy of liability insurance clearly provides otherwise, does the carrier’s duty to defend its insured nevertheless continue after the carrier, in good faith, has exhausted its coverage by settling a third party death claim against its insured for policy limits. The trial court held that the duty to provide a defense did not survive a good faith exhaustion of coverage and entered judgment for the carrier. After careful review, we affirm.
On January 20,1989, June Zart was killed as a result of a collision with a vehicle owned by Thomas W. Maguire and operated by his son,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Standard Venetian Blind Co. v. American Empire InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Pareti v. Sentry Indem. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1988
- Fedas v. Insurance Co. of PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
- Pelagatti v. CohenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Dercoli v. Pennsylvania National Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- American States Insurance Co. of Texas v. Arnold, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1996
- Anglo-American Insurance Co. v. MolinCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
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