United States Fourth Circuit

Judgment against defendant and awarding plaintiffs compensatory damages for defendant's breach of its duty to defend, declaratory relief on its indemnity obligations, treble damages under the North Carolina Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act, and attorney fees, is affirmed over claims that the district court erred in failing to grant judgment as a matter of law on: 1) breach of duty to defend claim; 2) obligation to indemnify claim; 3) claim that defendant had violated the UDTPA; and 4) erred in awarding attorney fees to plaintiff.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/25/2006
• Decided 12/19/2006
• Published 12/19/2006

Judges

• Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Jeffrey A. Goldwater, Bollinger, Ruberry & Garvey, Chicago, Illinois, for Appellant.  Steven John Roman, Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin & Oshinsky, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Clay H. Phillips, Carol L. Johnson, Sharon Rice, Bollinger, Ruberry & Garvey, Chicago, Illinois;  John M. Claytor, Elizabeth E.S. Skilling, Harman, Claytor, Corrigan & Wellman, Glen Allen, Virginia, for Appellant.   Robin L. Cohen, Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin & Oshinsky, L.L.P., New York, New York;  James H. Kelly, Jr., Susan H. Boyles, Kilpatrick Stockton, L.L.P., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for Appellees.  Laura A. Foggan, John C. Yang, Thomas S. Garrett, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Amicus Supporting Appellant.