HARTFORD INS. CO. v. CITY OF SANIBEL

No. 86-343.

500 So.2d 581 (1986)

HARTFORD INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE SOUTHEAST, Appellant, v. CITY OF SANIBEL, a Municipal Corporation, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied January 14, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Donald and G. Gordon Harrison of Pavese, Shields, Garner, Haverfield, Dalton & Harrison, Fort Myers, for appellant.

Mark R. Boyd of Walsh, Theissen and Boyd, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


FRANK, Judge.

Hartford Insurance Company of the Southeast, the appellant in this matter, has sought review of a declaratory judgment in which the trial court found that it had an obligation to defend the City of Sanibel in a pending federal proceeding.

The factual setting pertinent to our disposition is not complex. Couch, Inc., entered into a contract with the City to construct a public street. Ultimately Couch sued the City in a federal district court. It...

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