Legal Opinion
Paul Holt Drilling, Inc., and Paul Holt, an Individual v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided November 16, 1981No. 80-1390PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOGAN, Circuit Judge.
Paul Holt Drilling, Inc. and Paul Holt, an individual (collectively the “insureds”), appeal from the trial court’s dismissal of their diversity action against Liberty Mutual Insurance Company alleging breach of its duty to defend the insureds. The single issue on appeal is when the statute of limitations begins to run on such a breach. By agreement of the parties, the case was submitted on the briefs.
In December 1971 a third party sued Paul Holt Drilling, Inc. for damages allegedly caused by the blowout of an oil well it had been drilling. In March 1972 Liberty Mutual…
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