United States Fourth Circuit
PROVIDENT BANK OF MARYLAND v. TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CORP., 00-1378
A "Check Stop Payment Liability" endorsement to "Commercial General Liability" insurance policy imposes duty on insurance company to defend insured bank in lawsuit brought against it for its wrongful dishonor of drafts drawn on irrevocable letter of credit.
Appellate Information
- Argued 11/01/2000
- Decided 12/28/2000
- Published 12/28/2000
Judges
- Before WIDENER, WILKINS, and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Fourth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- ARGUED: Lawrence Jay Gebhardt, Gebhardt & Smith, L.L.P., Baltimore, MD, for Appellant. Edward C. Bacon, Bacon, Thornton & Palmer, L.L.P., Lanham, MD, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: James T. Heidelbach, Douglas S. Reinhart, Gebhardt & Smith, L.L.P., Baltimore, MD, for Appellant.