Extrinsic Evidence Sufficient For Insurer To Determine It Owed Duty To Defend

(September 27, 2019, 11:49 AM EDT) -- NATCHEZ, Miss. — A Mississippi federal judge on Sept. 26 determined that an insurer had a duty to defend an insured for an underlying lawsuit arising out of the collapse of an insured building because there was sufficient extrinsic evidence available to the insurer that provided the insurer with notice that it may have a duty to defend the underlying lawsuit (Hudson Specialty Insurance Co. v. Talex Enterprises LLC, et al., No. 17-137, S.D. Miss., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 165000)....