MOTOROLA, INC. v. ASSOCIATED INDEM. CORP.

No. 2002 CA 0716.

867 So.2d 715 (2003)

MOTOROLA, INC. v. ASSOCIATED INDEMNITY CORPORATION, Continental Casualty Company, National Surety Company, Transportation Insurance Company, Zurich American Insurance Company, Harbor Insurance Company, Hartford Accidental & Indemnity Co., Illinois National Insurance Company, National Union Fire Insurance Company, and St. Paul Surplus Lines Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

April 30, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Gene Fendler, Harold J. Flanagan, New Orleans, J.W. Montgomery, III, Pittsburgh, PA, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellant Motorola, Inc.

Philip R. King, Chicago, IL, David P. Salley, New Orleans, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee Zurich American Insurance Company.

Robert A. Vosbein, William J. Kelly, III, New Orleans, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee Continental Casualty Company.

Michael Durand, Lafayette, Counsel for Defendants/Appellees Associated Indemnity Corporation and National Surety Corporation.

Edward A. Rodrigue, Jr., New Orleans, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee St. Paul Surplus Lines Insurance Company.

Eavelyn T. Brooks, New Orleans, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburg Pennsylvania and Illinois National Insurance Company.

Before: CARTER, C.J., FOIL, WHIPPLE, PARRO, FITZSIMMONS, KUHN, GUIDRY, PETTIGREW, DOWNING, GAIDRY, McDONALD, & McCLENDON, JJ.


GAIDRY, J.

This is an appeal of a summary judgment rendered in a declaratory judgment action, relating to the issues of an insurance company's coverage and duty to defend its insured in various class action lawsuits. The trial court denied the motion for summary judgment of the plaintiff-appellant, Motorola, Inc. (Motorola), but granted the motion for summary judgment of the defendant-appellee, Zurich American Insurance Company (Zurich).1

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