Home Indemnity Co. v. General Accident Insurance Co. of America

How courts have described this case

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• holding that although duty to defend is broader than duty to pay, where insurer was found to be excess based on other-insurance clause of policy, insurer was not required to pay defense costs
• noting that primary and excess policies perforce cover different risks
• noting that primary and excess policies perforce cover different risks
• affirming dismissal of equitable contribution claim in dispute over whether insurer was primary or excess
• excess “other insurance” clause operated to make professional liability insurance excess to general liability insurance where both policies covered loss arising out of architects’ professional negligence
• a reviewing court may uphold the dismissal of a complaint on any basis in the record

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).