Ford Motor Co. v. Northbrook Insurance

BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Defendant insurance companies appeal an order granting Ford Motor Company’s motion for summary judgment. Ford cross-appeals the denial of its motion for entry of judgment.

Ford commenced this declaratory relief action alleging that excess automotive products liability insurance policies issued by Lloyds of London, Puritan Insurance Company, and Mutual Fire, Marine & Inland Insurance Company included coverage for punitive damages.1 During policy year 1977, the period from December 15,1976 to December 15, 1977, Ford had at least three levels of automotive…