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BENCHMARK INS. CO. v. SPARKS

No. 46623.

254 P.3d 617 (2011)

BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Robert M. SPARKS, Individually; and Universal Underwriters' Insurance Company, Respondents. Robert M. Sparks, Individually, Appellant, v. Universal Underwriters' Insurance Company; and Benchmark Insurance Company, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

July 7, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ken R. Bick, Reno , for Benchmark Insurance Company.

Moran Law Firm, LLC, and Jeffery A. Bendavid , Las Vegas, for Universal Underwriters' Insurance Company.

Murchison & Gumming, LLP, and William D. Naeve , Las Vegas, for Robert M. Sparks.

Before SAITTA, HARDESTY and PARRAGUIRRE, JJ.

OPINION

By the Court, PARRAGUIRRE, J.:

In this appeal, we consider whether an automobile liability insurer effectively limited its duty to defend its policyholder in a tort lawsuit brought against the policyholder. Specifically, we are asked to decide whether a provision in Benchmark Insurance Company's standard-form insurance policy unambiguously alerted the policyholder, Robert Sparks, that Benchmark could terminate its duty to defend him by depositing...

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