Opinion ID: 2806922
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Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Penn National Seeks a Declaratory Judgment

Text: After final judgment was entered, Penn National filed a declaratory judgment action in district court against the Parish and Kiker, seeking a declaration that it has no duty to indemnify Kiker with respect to the $350,000 verdict. Penn National and the Parish each moved for summary judgment. The district court granted Penn National’s motion and denied the Parish’s. The court concluded that 4 The Parish brought other claims against Kiker, which were not submitted to the jury. The Parish also sued the engineers who recommended the ES Do-All Loc-Nails; those claims settled prior to trial. 6 Case: 14-12151 Date Filed: 06/10/2015 Page: 7 of 19 the Policy’s contractual liability exclusion bars coverage and entered a declaration that Penn National owes no duty to indemnify. The Parish appealed.