GENERAL ACC. INS. CO. v. NAMESNIK

Nos. 85-2021, 85-2022, 85-2166 and 85-2242.

790 F.2d 1397 (1986)

GENERAL ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mary Lou NAMESNIK, and Robert and Cornell Whitlow, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 2, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry L. Smith, Calvin L. Raup, O'Connor, Cavanaugh, Anderson, Westover, Killingsworth & Beshears, P.A., David D. Dodge, Mark R. Lieberman, Eaton, Lazarus, Dodge & Lowrey, Ltd., Phoenix, Ariz., for plaintiff-appellee.

Dougal B. Reeves, Jr., Gregg Clarke Gibbons, Simon, Reeves & Roberts, Scottsdale, Ariz., for defendants-appellants.

Before: WALLACE, KENNEDY, and FARRIS, Circuit Judges.


FARRIS, Circuit Judge:

General Accident Insurance Co. brought this declaratory judgment action against Mary Lou Namesnik and Robert and Cornell Whitlow to determine whether it is required to defend a tort action in legal malpractice initiated by Namesnik and the Whitlows against Harry Pappas, an attorney. The district judge granted summary judgment for General Accident, finding that the conduct complained of is not covered by the provisions of the contract of insurance...

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