AMERICAN BUMPER & MFG. CO. v. NAT'L UNION FIRE INS. CO.

Docket Nos. 245342, 245367.

683 N.W.2d 161 (2004)

261 Mich.App. 367

AMERICAN BUMPER & MANUFACTURING COMPANY and Jack C. Skoog, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY of Pittsburgh, PA, Defendant-Appellee, and American International Group, Inc., Lansing Insurance Agency, and L. John Wenglarski, Defendants. American Bumper & Manufacturing Company and Jack C. Skoog, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA, Defendant-Appellant, and American International Group, Inc., Lansing Insurance Agency, and John L. Wenglarski, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided March 23, 2004, at 9:15 a.m.

Released for Publication June 24, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gruel Mills Nims & Rylman LLP (by Thomas R. Behm and Brion J. Brooks), Grand Rapids, for American Bumper & Manufacturing Company and Jack C. Skoog.

Plunkett & Cooney, P.C. (by Robert G. Kamenec, Charles W. Browning, and Stephen P. Brown), Bloomfield Hills, for National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA.

Before: FITZGERALD, P.J., and MARK J. CAVANAGH and HOEKSTRA, JJ.


FITZGERALD, P.J.

In this declaratory judgment action, the trial court granted summary disposition in favor of plaintiffs American Bumper & Manufacturing Company and Jack C. Skoog1 (American Bumper) on the ground that National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA wrongfully refused to defend American Bumper, its insured, in two wrongful death actions arising from a single incident in which two American Bumper employees were...

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