NORTH EAST INSURANCE COMPANY v. TANGUAY


468 A.2d 600 (1983)

NORTH EAST INSURANCE COMPANY v. Roland D. TANGUAY et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided December 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monaghan, Leahy, Hochadel & Libby, Christopher C. Dinan (orally), Portland, for plaintiff.

Thomas M. Mangan (orally), Rocheleau, Fournier & Lebel, P.A., Ronald P. Lebel (orally), Lewiston, for defendants.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN and SCOLNIK, JJ.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION.

In a declaratory judgment action such as this, the plaintiff insurance company's prayer for a declaratory judgment that it has no duty to defend must be denied if "the underlying complaint ... show[s], through general allegations, a possibility that the liability claim falls within the insurance coverage." Union Mutual Fire Insurance Co. v. Inhabitants of Town of Topsham, 441 A.2d 1012, 1015 (Me.1982...

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