Newnam Manufacturing, Inc. v. Transcontinental Insurance Co.

How courts have described this case

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• an insurer's duty to defend is based on the complaint allegations and \those facts known or ascertainable by the insurer after reasonable investigation\
• “If the pleadings reveal that a claim is clearly excluded under the policy, then no defense is required.” (citing Liberty Mut. Ins. 6 No. 21-1538 Co. v. OSI Indus., Inc., 831 N.E.2d 192, 198 (Ind. Ct. App. 2005))
• “The law in this jurisdiction is well settled that where an insurer’s independent investigation of the facts underlying a complaint against its insured reveals a claim patently outside of the risks covered by the policy, the insurer may properly refuse to defend.”
• also considering what reasonable investigation would reveal

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).