STATE FARM FIRE AND CAS. CO. v. SIGMAN

Civ. No. 930067.

508 N.W.2d 323 (1993)

STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Robert SIGMAN, Defendant and Appellee, and Brett Rudolph, and Rick and Karen Rudolph, Defendants.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

October 26, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zuger Kirmis & Smith, Bismarck, for plaintiff and appellant; argued by Charles T. Edin.

Rolfson Schulz Lervick Law Offices, Bismarck, for defendant and appellee; argued by Calvin N. Rolfson.


MESCHKE, Justice.

State Farm Fire and Casualty Company appealed from the trial court's award of attorney fees to its insured in State Farm's declaratory judgment action to determine insurance coverage. We hold that State Farm is obligated under its insurance policy to pay its insured's attorney fees for defending the declaratory judgment action, and we affirm the judgment.

Robert Sigman, a high school junior, struck Brett Rudolph, a high school freshman, in...

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