Legal Opinion

Capson Physicians Insurance Co v. MMIC Insurance Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided July 19, 2016No. 15-2459, 15-2575Published

1Opinion of the Court

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Capson Physicians Insurance Company (Capson) filed a complaint against MMIC Insurance, Inc. (MMIC), in federal district court, seeking a declaration that MMIC was the primary professional liability insurer for Karl J. Hasik, M.D., and that Capson was the excess insurer. MMIC counterclaimed and filed a third-party complaint against Dr. Hasik and others, seeking rescission of its insurance policy or, in the alternative, a declaration that MMIC had no obligation to defend or indemnify Dr. Hasik for two medical negligence cases that had been filed against him. The district…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Stipcich v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
  2. Hyler v. GarnerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1996
  3. St. Paul Reinsurance Co. v. Commercial Financial Corp.District Court, N.D. Iowa · 2000
  4. Wright v. Brooke Group Ltd.Supreme Court of Iowa · 2002
  5. FIRST NATIONAL BANK IN LENOX v. BrownSupreme Court of Iowa · 1970

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