TRAVELERS INDEMNITY v. MERLING

No. 30, September Term, 1990.

326 Md. 329 (1992)

605 A.2d 83

THE TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY, CHARTER OAK FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, AND PHOENIX INSURANCE COMPANY v. BERNARD W. MERLING.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Motion for Reconsideration Denied June 5, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee H. Ogburn, argued and on brief (Kathleen A. Birrane, Kramon & Graham, P.A., on brief), Baltimore, for petitioners/cross respondents.

Thomas Waxter, Jr., Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, Baltimore, for Aetna Cas. & Surety Co. et al., amicus curiae.

David M. Buffington, H. Thomas Howell, and Janet M. Truhe, Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, Baltimore, for Maryland Cas. Co., amicus curiae.

Thomas J. Schetelich and Samuel C.P. Baldwin, argued and on brief (Thieblot, Ryan, Martin & Ferguson, on brief), Baltimore, for respondent/cross petitioner.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE and CHASANOW, JJ., and CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr., Judge of the Court of Appeals of Maryland (retired) Specially Assigned.


ELDRIDGE, Judge.

This case concerns the rights of an independent insurance agent, whose agency was lawfully terminated by the insurer, with respect to insurance policies which the agent had originally produced but which were renewed by the insurer after the termination of the agency.

The plaintiff Bernard W. Merling is an independent insurance agent, and, as such he may place his clients with one of several insurance companies, depending upon the best interests...

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