American National Fire Insurance v. National Union Fire Insurance

In this matter, the trial court denied appellant American National Fire Insurance Co.’s (American) motion for summary judgment and granted appellee National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA’s (National) cross-motion for summary judgment. On appeal, American argues that the trial court erred when it determined that National was not required to provide coverage under the insurance policy at issue because it received late notice and, as a consequence, did not owe anything to American for the costs of the defense and settlement of the underlying litigation. For the reasons that…