Acceptance Insurance v. Sloan

OPINION OF THE COURT

ALITO, Circuit Judge:

Acceptance Insurance Co. (“Acceptance”) brought this action seeking a declaratory judgment to resolve its rights and duties under an insurance policy issued to Mon Valley Steel Co. (“Mon Valley”). The policy in question was a general liability policy for the Clyde Mine, located in western Pennsylvania. Acceptance’s potential liability arose as a result of an action against Mon Valley brought by the parents of Joelene Bowers, who was pushed to her death through an open shaft in the Clyde Mine. Acceptance sought to establish that the Clyde Mine insurance…