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COATS, ROSE, YALE, RYMAN v. NAVIGATORS SPECIALTY

Civil Action No. 3:11-CV-0642-D.

830 F.Supp.2d 216 (2011)

COATS, ROSE, YALE, RYMAN & LEE, P.C., Plaintiff, v. NAVIGATORS SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Texas, Dallas Division.

November 21, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Lynch, Coats Rose Yale Ryman & Lee, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff.

Richard A. Simpson, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SIDNEY A. FITZWATER, Chief Judge.

The question presented is whether there is a conflict of interest between an insurance company and its insured that supersedes the insurance company's contractual right to select counsel to defend the insured in a state-court legal malpractice suit. Concluding that there is no conflict, the court upholds the insurance company's contractual right to select the insured's counsel.

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