BLAKE v. NATIONWIDE INS. CO.

No. 05-176.

904 A.2d 1071 (2006)

2006 VT 48

Clifton BLAKE v. NATIONWIDE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

May 26, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Bixby of McCarty Law Offices, P.C., Brattleboro, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

John A. Serafino of Ryan, Smith & Carbine, Ltd., Rutland, for Defendant-Appellee.

Present: REIBER, C.J., DOOLEY, JOHNSON, SKOGLUND and BURGESS, JJ.


¶ 1. DOOLEY, J.

Plaintiff Clifton Blake appeals the superior court's grant of summary judgment for defendant Nationwide Insurance Company ("Nationwide"). Plaintiff argues that Nationwide had a duty to defend the insured's employee, Clifford Riddle, in the underlying negligence action and that Nationwide's failure to defend should estop it from asserting that injuries caused by Riddle's negligence were not covered by the policy. Plaintiff also claims that the...

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