ALPS Property & Casualty Insurance Company v. Merdes & Merdes, P.C. et al

Filing 67

JUDGMENT: is hereby entered, pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 54(b) and 58, in favor of Defendants Merdes & Merdes, P.C. and Ward M. Merdes with respect to ALPS's claim for declaratory relief. (See Judgment for details). Signed by Judge Sharon L. Gleason on 04/27/2015. (CME, COURT STAFF)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA
ALPS PROPERTY & CASUALTY
INSURANCE COMPANY, f/k/a Attorneys
Liability Protection Society, Inc., A Risk
Retention Group,

Case No. 4:14-cv-00002-SLG

Plaintiff,
v.
MERDES & MERDES, P.C.; MERDES LAW
OFFICE, P.C.; and WARD M. MERDES,
Defendants.

JUDGMENT
For the reasons stated in the accompanying Order,
Judgment is hereby entered, pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 54(b) and 58, in
favor of Defendants Merdes & Merdes, P.C. and Ward M. Merdes with respect to ALPS’s claim
for declaratory relief regarding its duty to defend them under Lawyers Professional Liability
Insurance Policy No. ALPS3392-15 issued to Merdes & Merdes, P.C. for the policy period
July 18, 2012 to July 18, 2013, with respect to the lawsuit styled Leisnoi, Inc. v. Merdes &
Merdes, P.C., Merdes Law Office, P.C., and Ward M. Merdes, Alaska Superior Court, Case No.
3AN-13-7180CI (“Underlying Suit”). ALPS had a duty to defend Merdes & Merdes, P.C. and
Ward M. Merdes in the Underlying Suit.
DATED this 27th day of April, 2015.

/s/ Sharon L. Gleason
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE