VIGILANT INSURANCE COMPANY v. LUPPINO

No. 88, Sept. Term, 1996.

723 A.2d 14 (1999)

352 Md. 481

VIGILANT INSURANCE COMPANY v. Rocco LUPPINO.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

January 20, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Valerie L. Tetro (Joseph F. Cunningham, Joseph F. Cunningham & Associates, on brief), Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Thomas A. Farrington, Bowie, for Respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, CHASANOW, KARWACKI, and RAKER, JJ., and ROBERT C. MURPHY, C.J. (Retired, Specially Assigned).


ELDRIDGE, Judge.

This case presents the question of when the statute of limitations began to run on an insured's claim that an insurer breached its duty to defend the insured in a tort suit by a third party against the insured.

I.

Rocco Luppino owned a home and was insured under a homeowner's insurance policy issued by Vigilant Insurance Company effective from August 7, 1985, to August 7, 1986. The policy...

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