Legal Opinion
Nowsco Well Service, Ltd. v. Home Insurance
District Court, S.D. West Virginia
Decided September 24, 1991No. Civ. A. 2:90-1047PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
COPENHAVER, District Judge.
This matter is before the court on the motion to dismiss of the defendant, the Home Insurance Company. 1
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Plaintiff, Nowsco Well Service Ltd. (hereinafter “Nowsco”), initially filed this action in the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, West Virginia, against the defen dant, the Home Insurance Company (hereinafter “Home”), alleging that Home breached two contracts of insurance issued to and held by Nowsco by wrongfully and in bad faith denying Nowsco a defense and coverage for damages which it sustained in a lawsuit filed against it in the United States…
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