CERTAIN INTERESTED UNDERWRITERS v. LAYNE

No. 92-6079.

26 F.3d 39 (1994)

CERTAIN INTERESTED UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD'S, LONDON, ENGLAND, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. James E. LAYNE; Cindy Carol Kilgore, Defendants-Appellants, Larry Nig Kilgore, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided June 9, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nora A. McCarthy, Samuel L. Akers (briefed), R.R. Ruth, Jr., Shane Usary (argued), Luther, Anderson, Cleary, Ruth & Speed, Chattanooga, TN, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Phillip C. Lawrence, Poole, Lawrence, Thornbury, Stanley & Morgan, Andy D. Lewis (argued), Garner, Lewis & Prickett, Chattanooga, TN, L. Thomas Austin (briefed), Dunlap, TN, for defendants-appellants.

Before: KENNEDY and RYAN, Circuit Judges; and BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.


RYAN, Circuit Judge.

The defendants James E. Layne and Cindy Carol Kilgore appeal a verdict for the plaintiffs, Certain Interested Underwriters at Lloyd's of London, England, in a diversity action for a declaratory judgment seeking to deny coverage under an insurance policy. We must decide whether the district court properly exercised jurisdiction over this case. We conclude that the underwriters are the real parties in interest...

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