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AETNA INS. CO. v. BORRELL-BIGBY ELEC. CO., INC.

No. 88-1042.

541 So.2d 139 (1989)

AETNA INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. BORRELL-BIGBY ELECTRIC CO., INC., a Florida Corporation, and Holland-America Insurance Company, a Foreign Corporation, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 29, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Curtiss of Macfarlane, Ferguson, Allison & Kelly, Tampa, for appellant.

Charles P. Schropp of Shackleford, Farrior, Stallings & Evans, Tampa, for appellees.

PATTERSON, Judge.

This case presents an issue of first impression in the state: whether an insurer's duty to defend its insured includes the duty to appeal an adverse judgment where good faith grounds exist to do so. We find that it does.

Appellee Borrell-Bigby Electric Co. designed and installed a fire alarm system in a storage warehouse which later burned to the ground. United Nations, Inc. brought suit against Borrell-Bigby and the owner of the warehouse...

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