Rock v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.

Plaintiffs George and Martha Rock (the Rocks) brought a declaratory judgment action against defendant State Farm Fire and Casualty Company (State Farm) seeking a declaration that State Farm had duties to defend and indemnify the Rocks against a lawsuit brought by a third party. After judgment in the underlying lawsuit was entered in the Rocks’ favor, the instant declaratory judgment action proceeded solely on the issue of whether State Farm had a duty to defend the Rocks. The trial court found that State Farm had a duty to defend the Rocks against the underlying suit. State Farm appealed. We…