Lexington Insurance Company v. Western Pennsylvania Hospital

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• concluding that an “absence of evidence, coupled with the concession of West Penn’s General Counsel[,] . . . compels the conclusion that a reasonable jury could not [find in favor of West Penn]”
• explaining that “[s]peculation does not create a genuine issue of fact; it creates a false issue, the demolition of which is a primary goal of summary judgment”
• finding that a document produced by an opposing party pursuant to discovery requests is “circumstantial evidence of the authenticity of the document”
• holding that “‘[s]peculation does not create a genuine issue of fact; instead, it creates a false issue, the demolition of which is a primary goal of summary judgment’” (emphasis in original) (quoting Hedberg v. Indiana Bell. Tel. Co., Inc., 47 F.3d 928, 932 (7th Cir. 1995))
• explaining that mere speculation cannot defeat a motion for summary judgment
• affirming the trial court’s grant of an insurer’s motion for a declaratory judgment concerning its duty to indemnify at the summary judgment stage

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