CHRYSLER INS. v. GREENSPOINT DODGE

No. 08-0780.

297 S.W.3d 248 (2009)

CHRYSLER INSURANCE CO., Petitioner, v. GREENSPOINT DODGE OF HOUSTON, INC., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied December 11, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Stephen Gibson, Lisa Ann Songy, Michael W. Huddleston, Shannon Gracey Ratliff & Miller, L.L.P., Dallas, Kevin F. Risley, Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, L.L.P., Houston, for Chrysler Insurance Co.

William "Andy" Taylor, Amanda Eileen Staine Peterson, Andy Taylor and Associates, P.C., Houston, for Greenspoint Dodge of Houston, Inc.


PER CURIAM.

This case arises out of an insurance coverage dispute, involving liability policies insuring a corporation and its officers, among others. The issue here concerns the corporation's coverage for defamation. The policies excluded coverage for defamatory statements an insured knew to be false, and the insurance company refused coverage on the basis of this exclusion. The court of appeals concluded, however, that this known-falsity exclusion did not apply...

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