Evanston Insurance Co./Markel Corp. Lose Two Summary Judgment Motions in January 27, 2012 Pair of Rulings.
In this on-going litigation saga, Evanston Insurance Company and its parent corporation, Markel Corp. lost summary judgment motions on insurance coverage issues relating to their potential responsibility to MGA Entertainment Inc. in the case it won against Matell over the Bratz doll. U.S. District Judge David Carter found that Mattel’s fourth amended counterclaim did not extinguish all potential coverage and that Markel did not legally negate the theory that it might be the alter ego of Evanston with respect to insurance defense/coverage obligations to MGA.
More insurance companies have motions pending in this case, so stay tuned.
Amanda Bronstad provides more details in her January 31, 2012 post at The National Law Journal website.
Wrong doll: Talking Tina with Telly Savalas, from The Twilight Zone.