Dempster Bros., Inc. v. United States Fidelity & G. Co.

How courts have described this case

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• the term “agent” is not inconsistent with the term “independent contractor”; “independent contractor” contrasts with “servant,” and both are agents of their principal
• duty to defend covering any situation where allegations of complaint suggest possibility of coverage
• “[W]here the allegations of the complaint against the insured are ambiguous or incomplete and it is doubtful whether ... they state a cause of action within the coverage of the policy ..., such doubt will be resolved in favor of the insured.”
• “[W]here the allegations of the complaint against the insured are ambiguous or incomplete and it is doubtful whether or not they state a cause of action within the coverage of the policy ... such doubt will be resolved in favor of the insured.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).