State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Atlantic Indemnity Co.

JOHN, Judge.

In this declaratory judgment action, defendant Atlantic Indemnity Company (Atlantic) appeals the trial court’s ruling upholding the termination clause in a policy of insurance issued by plaintiff State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm). Atlantic argues in the alterative that the trial court erred by failing to determine State Farm was equitably estopped from refusing to provide coverage under the policy at issue. We find Atlantic’s contentions unpersuasive.

Pertinent factual and procedural background information is as follows: Ethel B. Darrisaw (Darrisaw) was…