PEERLESS INS. CO. v. HANNON


582 A.2d 253 (1990)

PEERLESS INSURANCE COMPANY v. Mary HANNON, et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided November 8, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Poliquin (orally), Norman, Hanson & Detroy, Portland, for plaintiff.

Steven D. Silin, Paul F. Macri (orally), Berman, Simmons & Goldberg, Lewiston, for Mary Hannon.

Marshall Tinkle (orally), Thompson, McNaboe, Ashley & Bull, Portland, for Universal Underwriters Ins. Co.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD and BRODY, JJ.


ROBERTS, Justice.

Peerless Insurance Company, as insurer of Earl Lyons, and Universal Underwriters Insurance Company, as insurer of Brooks Chevrolet, Inc., appeal from a summary judgment of the Superior Court (Androscoggin County, Cole, J.) declaring that Universal had a primary and Peerless a secondary duty to defend and indemnify Lyons from tort liability that arose from his operation of a car owned by Brooks Chevrolet. Universal argues that Lyons was not...

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