Long Fork Railway Co. v. Sizemore

How courts have described this case

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• holding that if the insurer did not prevail in its declaratory judgment action, the insurer would have a duty to indemnify or defend the insured for the amount in the underlying action
• applying foregoing analysis in declaratory judgment action brought by insurer seeking declaratory judgment that it had no coverage obligations
• relying on bill of particulars in finding amount-in-controversy requirement met where underlying complaint did not reference a specific amount for recovery
• “Even where the allegations leave grave doubt about the likelihood of a recovery of the requisite amount, dismissal is not warranted.” (quotation marks omitted) (internal brackets omitted
• in declaratory judgment action brought by insurer seeking to avoid duty to defend and to indemnify insured, damages in the underlying action and good-faith estimate of litigation costs exceeded $75,000

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