L. RAY PACKING CO. v. COMMERCIAL UNION INS.


469 A.2d 832 (1983)

L. RAY PACKING COMPANY v. COMMERCIAL UNION INSURANCE COMPANY and First State Insurance Company.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided December 30, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thompson, McNaboe & Ashley, John R. Bass, II (orally), Portland, for plaintiff.

Norman & Hanson, John H. King, Jr. (orally), Peter J. DeTroy, III, Portland, for Commercial Union Ins. Co.

Petruccelli, Cohen, Erler & Cox, Susan E. Peck (orally), John P. Erler, Portland, for First State Ins. Co.

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


SCOLNIK, Justice.

Summary judgment was entered for the defendants, Commercial Union Insurance Company (Commercial Union) and First State Insurance Company (First State) in the Superior Court, Cumberland County, which ruled that the defendant-insurers had no duty to defend the plaintiff, L. Ray Packing Company (L. Ray) in an underlying civil action pending in the United States District Court for the District of Maine. We affirm the judgment of the Superior Court.<...

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