On August 5, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and remanded a lower court ruling granting an insurer a Rule 12(c) dismissal in a declaratory judgment action based on the district court’s premature determination of what constituted an “employee” under the policy at issue.
The Estate of Donald Underwood sued Expeditor’s Express, a trucking company for whom Underwood was driving, after Underwood’s truck veered off the road, burst into flames, and killed him. Expeditor asked its insurer, Gramercy Insurance Company, to defend the lawsuit …
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