Duty to Defend Re-Emphasized: Insurers Need To Be Certain There Is No Duty To Indemnify Before Denying The Duty To Defend

In Hastings Mut Ins Co v Mosher Dolan Cataldo & Kelly, Inc and Feinbloom, _ Mich _, rel’d 12/10/14 (No. 149201), the Supreme Court reversed the January 23, 2014 judgment of the Court of Appeals stating that it erred in holding that Hastings did not have a duty to defend Mosher Dolan (“MDCK”) in the underlying arbitration action….