TRUSTGARD INS. CO. v. COLLINS

No. 18-2187.

942 F.3d 195 (2019)

TRUSTGARD INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sharon COLLINS; Dorothy L. Jackson, individually and as Executor of the Estate of Alfred Jackson Sr.; John A. Godfrey; Mattie E. Render, Defendants-Appellants, and Michael Brown, individually, d/b/a Triple S Transport, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: November 5, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Maxwell Kent Thelen , SUMMERVILLE FIRM, Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellants. Peter Harris Dworjanyn , COLLINS & LACY, PC, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Kurt Kastorf , SUMMERVILLE FIRM, Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellants.

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge Richardson wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge Quattlebaum joined. Judge Harris filed an opinion concurring in the judgment.


This case involves an attempt to have the federal courts resolve an insurance dispute. A passenger injured in an automobile accident has asserted claims in state court against several people involved. She has also sued a third party, Michael Brown, not present at the accident, claiming he is also liable. Brown's insurer...

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