Waste Management, Inc. v. Admiral Insurance

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

CLIFFORD, J.

On this interlocutory appeal, two rulings of the trial court raise issues of first impression. In denying defense motions to dismiss this declaratory-judgment action, the court held, first, that a “territory of coverage” clause in an insurance policy, without more, is a sufficient basis on which to rest in personam jurisdiction over a nonresident insurance carrier. With that holding the trial court became the only court in this or any other jurisdiction to declare that a “territory of coverage” clause standing alone confers jurisdiction…