Opinion

Ward Electronic Services, Inc. v. Property & Casualty Insurance Guaranty Corp.

  • 325 Md. 1
  • 599 A.2d 81
  • 1991 Md. LEXIS 206
Court
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Filed
Dec 11, 1991
Status
Published
Author
Eldridge
On the bench
Murphy, Eldridge, Rodowsky, McAuliffe, Chasanow, Karwacki, Bell
Cited by
5 cases
Authority
More cited than 10.2%

holding that the PCIGC could not pursue a claim for indemnity against insolvent insurer's insurer because the claimant the PCIGC had paid was not a resident of Maryland, and therefore the claim was not a "covered claim" and the PCIGC could not step into the insolvent insurer's shoes

How later courts described this case

  • holding that the PCIGC could not pursue a claim for indemnity against insolvent insurer's insurer because the claimant the PCIGC had paid was not a resident of Maryland, and therefore the claim was not a "covered claim" and the PCIGC could not step into the insolvent insurer's shoes
  • discussing concerns of General Assembly and aims of 1986 enactments
  • the United States is not domiciled in all 50 states under Maryland law
  • uses the phrase “words of the statute” to refer to all of the words

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

ELDRIDGE, Judge,

dissenting:

For the reasons set forth in Judge Bloom’s opinion for the Court of Special Appeals, Ward v. Property & Casualty, 85 Md.App. 421 , 584 A.2d 115 (1991), I would affirm.

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