Harrington Haley LLP v. Nutmeg Insurance

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KAPLAN, District Judge.

The plaintiff in this case is a law firm that is defending two former officials of the Town of Delaware, New York (the “Town”), in other litigation before this Court relating to a land use controversy. Plaintiff, as assignee of the Town’s claim against its carrier, sues for certain of the costs of defense. The fundamental issue is whether pretrial rulings in the land use case resulted in the termination of the carrier’s duty to defend. Assuming that it did not, the carrier disputes the reasonableness of plaintiffs charges. This is the Court’s decision…