Legal Opinion

Gibson v. Farm Family Mutual Insurance

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided April 10, 1996PublishedCited by 61 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RUDMAN, Justice.

Farm Family Mutual Insurance Company appeals from the summary judgment entered in the Superior Court (Oxford County, Cal-kins, J.) in favor of William and Jane Gibson on their breach of contract claim against the insurance company. Farm Family contends that pursuant to the terms of an insurance policy issued by it to the Gibsons it had no duty to defend the Gibsons against two lawsuits brought by neighboring landowners. Farm Family further contends that even if it did have a duty to defend the Gibsons against some counts of the neighbors’ suits it cannot be held to have been…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Travelers Indemnity Co. v. DingwellSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
  2. Patrons Oxford Mutual Insurance v. MaroisSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1990
  3. Union Mutual Fire Insurance v. Inhabitants of TopshamSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1982
  4. Massachusetts Bay Insurance v. Ferraiolo Construction Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1990
  5. Collins v. Trius, Inc.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1995

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3Cited by61 opinions

  1. Michael Franco v. Selective Insurance Company, New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
  2. Preferred Mutual Insurance v. GamacheMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
  3. Rubenstein v. Royal Insurance Co. of AmericaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
  4. Elliott v. Hanover Insurance Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1998
  5. Wilkinson v. Citation InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006

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