Court Opinion

ID: 9627427
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 08:43:27.424279+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:36:49.422444
License: Public Domain

ROONEY, Chief Justice,
specially concurring.
I concur with that said in the majority opinion, but I understand one of appellants’ arguments to be that notwithstanding the fact that the contract does not cover contract liability, it does include a duty to defend a breach of contract claim. In support thereof, appellants point to the policy language which recites:
“ * * * ^he eompany have the * * * duty to defend any suit * * * even if any of the allegations of the suit are groundless, false or fraudulent. * * * ”
However, the rest of the quoted provision provides in part that the “duty to defend any suit” is one “seeking damages on account of such bodily injury or property damage.” Accordingly, even the duty to defend is limited to tort actions.