Legal Opinion
Axis Insurance Co. v. Stewart
District Court, N.D. New York
Decided July 29, 2016No. 7:15-CV-1131PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM—DECISION and ORDER
DAVID N. HURD, United States District Judge
I. INTRODUCTION
This is an insurance coverage dispute between plaintiff/counter-defendant Axis Insurance Company (“Axis”) and defendant/counter-claimant Anthony Wayne Stewart (“Stewart”). Axis seeks a judgment declaring that it is not obligated to defend or indemnify Stewart, a professional race car driver, in connection with a wrongful death lawsuit that has been brought against him by the estate of Kevin A. Ward, Jr. (‘Ward”), a fellow driver who was killed when Stewart’s car struck him during a race. Stewart contests…
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