ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY v. EARLEY


502 A.2d 1047 (1986)

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY v. Joseph E. EARLEY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided January 9, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hewes, Beal & Douglas, Martica Sawin Douglas (orally), Portland, for plaintiff.

Zuckerman & Avaunt, Mary B. Devine (orally), Gray, for defendant.

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


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION.

Joseph E. Earley appeals a decision of the Superior Court, Cumberland County, denying his claim for attorney fees incurred by Earley in his successful defense of a declaratory judgment action brought by his insurer, Allstate Insurance Company. Allstate sought to avoid any obligation to afford liability coverage to Earley in relation to a claim against him for personal injuries that resulted from a shooting. (For a description of the incident...

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