CRANDELL v. AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE CO.

No. COA06-533.

644 S.E.2d 604 (2007)

Jason M. CRANDELL, Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 5, 2007


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carruthers & Roth, P.A., by Jack B. Bayliss, Jr.; and Smith, James, Rowlett & Cohen, L.L.P., by Norman B. Smith, Greensboro, for plaintiff-appellant.

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, by Allan R. Gitter and Bradley R. Johnson, Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellee.


GEER, Judge.

Plaintiff Jason M. Crandell appeals from an order concluding that American Home Assurance Company ("American Home") had no duty to defend Crandell against a previously filed lawsuit and, as a result, granting summary judgment to American Home. The Supreme Court has established that if review of the pleadings in an underlying action gives rise even to "a mere possibility" that the insured's potential liability is covered by the insurance policy, then the...

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