Mealey's (October 1, 2018, 12:12 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 1 denied a petition for writ of certiorari, refusing to review the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ decision to vacate a $4.6 million judgment entered against an auto insurer in an assignee’s breach of contract suit arising out of the insurer’s refusal to defend its insured in an underlying negligence suit (Shannon Hyland, et al. v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Co., No. 18-24, U.S. Sup.)....