Pope Ex Rel. Pope v. Economy Fire & Cas.

How courts have described this case

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• granting summary judgment because plaintiff could not prove that his insurance contract would cover his claim such that defendant insurance company, absent anticipatory repudiation, would still have a duty to defend the claim
• to constitute an anticipatory repudiation, a “party’s manifestation must clearly and unequivocally be that it will not render the promised performance when it becomes due”
• repudiation occurs when one party to a contract clearly manifests “that it will not render the promised performance when it becomes due”
• insured relieved of its obligation to provide notice of underlying lawsuit where insurer prematurely denied coverage before being served with the underlying lawsuit

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