Clendenin: U.S. Fire Insurance Should Reimburse Attorney Fees

BALTIMORE - Clendenin Brothers Inc., a welding rod manufacturer and supplier, is seeking attorneys' fees and costs incurred in litigating its insurance coverage action against U.S. Fire Insurance Co., in which the manufacturer sought coverage for underlying welding fume claims. U.S. Fire Insurance Co. v. Clendenin Brothers Inc., et al. No. 03-3308 (D. Md.).

In its June 7 motion filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Clendenin Brothers argues that the court's May 24 order issuing a final judgment in its insurance action requires U.S. Fire to defend the company's welding fume claims for an "equitable …