Legal Opinion
Washington v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 29, 1993No. 92-CV-245PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
Evie Washington sued her insurer, State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, seeking a declaratory judgment that her homeowner’s insurance policy obligated State Farm to defend her in an action for defamation brought by a third party. The trial court granted summary judgment for State Farm. Washington appeals; we affirm.
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State Farm issued a standard homeowner’s insurance policy to appellant Washington on February 24,1990. In June 1990 Kevin Ayala, an airline pilot, sued Washington for defamation, alleging in his complaint that Washington had made false statements in a letter…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Moss v. StockardDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- S. Freedman & Sons, Inc. v. Hartford Fire InsuranceDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- Pennsylvania Indemnity Fire Corp. v. AldridgeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
- Allstate Insurance v. DiamantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Richard C. Fuisz v. Selective Insurance Company of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1995
- Bailer v. Erie Insurance ExchangeCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1997
- Travelers Indemnity Co. v. United Food & Commercial Workers International UnionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2001
- Stevens v. United General Title InsuranceDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2002
- Citizens Insurance Co. of America v. LeiendeckerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1998
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