Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance v. Dillard House, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• deciding whether bacteria in a hot tub are covered by the Consumption Exception
• holding sua sponte that parties’ duty to indemnify arguments were premature
• holding sua sponte that parties’ duty to indemnify arguments were premature
• where plaintiff alleged husband died of Legionnaires' disease, contracted by bathing in a hot tub
• “The court should not pass on questions of insurance coverage and liability for indemnification when the contingencies giving rise to them may never occur. To do so would amount to an advisory opinion.” (citation omitted)
• “The court should not pass on questions of insurance coverage and liability for indemnification when the contingencies giving rise to them may never occur. To do so would amount to an advisory opinion.” (citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).