Legal Opinion
Canal Insurance v. Cook
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided July 14, 2008No. Civil Action 1:07cv410-MHTPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.
Relying on the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201, plaintiff Canal Insurance Company has brought this federal lawsuit against defendants Bear Creek Sales, L.L.C., Colbert Brian McGriff, and Frank LaDon Cook, seeking a declaration that it is under no duty to defend or indemnify Bear Creek and McGriff in a state-court lawsuit brought by Cook. Canal Insurance invokes this court’s diversity-of-citizenship jurisdiction. 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a)(1). This matter is now before the court on Canal Insurance’s and Cook’s motions for summary judgment.…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Fitzpatrick v. City of AtlantaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1993
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Essex Insurance v. FoleyDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama · 2011
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- Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance v. Retirement Systems of AlabamaDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 2015
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