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Irma Miranda-Mondragon v. Nautilus Insurance Company

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 17-20261 · judgment October 20, 2017


Certiorari denied · October 1, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

  1. Did Respondent have the duty to defend its insured, Darwin Vargas d/b/a Houston Star Security Patrol, under its existing insurance policy that it had with Respondent in an action brought against its insured by Petitioner?

  2. Whether the claim filed by Petitioner in this matter is covered under the policy that Respondent provided its insured, and as a result is not barred by the exclusion clause contained in the policy?

  3. Whether Petitioner raised several genuine issues of material facts in dispute, and as a result both the trial court, and the court of appeals committed gross error in granting and affirming Respondent’s Motion for Summary Judgement?

  4. Whether Petitioner is entitled to recover its claim against Respondent, including its judgment plus pre, and post judgment interests, attorney fees and costs?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Justice Botchway Adjei
Law Offices of Justice B. Adjei, Esquire

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
17A703

Proceedings

  1. Oct 01 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 13 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
  3. Feb 19 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 30, 2018)
  4. Jan 04 2018
    Application (17A703) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until February 20, 2018.
  5. Dec 28 2017
    Application (17A703) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 18, 2018 to March 19, 2018, submitted to Justice Alito.