National Trust Insurance Co. v. Southern Heating and Cooling Inc.

Docket Number20-11292
Decision Date03 September 2021
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's order dismissing National Trust's federal declaratory judgment action without prejudice. Plaintiff filed a wrongful death action against Southern Heating and others in Alabama state court after his parents died from carbon monoxide poisoning. National Trust, Southern Heating's insurer, filed suit in federal court seeking a declaration that it has no duty to defend or indemnify Southern Heating because there is no coverage under its policy...

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  • McKay v. Miami-Dade Cnty.
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Eleventh Circuit
    • 9 Junio 2022
    ...large number of preset factors while at the same time characterizing them as non-exclusive. See Nat. Trust Ins. Co. v. Southern Heating and Cooling, Inc. , 12 F.4th 1278, 1286 (11th Cir. 2021) (explaining that because our list of guideposts for the exercise of discretion under the Declarato......
  • Auto-Owners Ins. Co. v. G&D Constr. Grp., Inc.
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — Northern District of Georgia
    • 18 Enero 2022
    ...duties to defend and indemnify against the claims in an underlying state tort lawsuit." Nat'l Tr. Ins. Co. v. S. Heating & Cooling Inc., 12 F.4th 1278, 1290 (11th Cir. 2021) (Brasher, J., concurring). Because this presents such a routine request for a declaration regarding an insurer's duti......
  • James River Ins. Co. v. Rich Bon Corp.
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Eleventh Circuit
    • 23 Mayo 2022
    ...are true, declaratory relief enables the insurance company to avoid the tort suit completely. Cf. National Trust Ins. Co. v. S. Heating & Cooling, Inc. , 12 F.4th 1278, 1290 (11th Cir. 2021). And even when the policy does apply, a declaratory suit allows the insurance company to resolve its......
  • Vinson v. Koch Foods of Ala., LLC
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Eleventh Circuit
    • 3 Septiembre 2021
    ... ... 2021) (quoting Allstate Ins. Co. v. James , 845 F.2d 315, 318 (11th Cir ... ...
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  • Trial Practice and Procedure
    • United States
    • Mercer University School of Law Mercer Law Reviews No. 73-4, June 2022
    • Invalid date
    ...Id. at 1160.75. Id. (citing 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c)).76. Id. (quoting Quackenbush v. Allstate Ins. Co., 517 U.S. 706, 712 (1996)). 77. 12 F.4th 1278 (11th Cir. 2021).78. Id. at 1283.79. Id. at 1281-82. 80. Id. at 1282-83 (citing Ameritas Variable Life Ins. Co. v. Roach, 411 F.3d 1328, 1331 (11t......

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