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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA ATAIN INSURANCE COMPANY : CIVIL ACTION : v. : NO. 21-3651 : KAZ TIRE, INC., et al. : MEMORANDUM KEARNEY, J. November 16, 2021 Kaz Tire Center, Inc. sells tires from a Philadelphia store. It purchased a commercial general liability insurance policy from Atain Insurance Company. Atain agreed to pay for a defense and indemnity for a final judgment arising from a bodily injury claim based on Kaz Tireâs negligence unless the injury arose from a used, recapped or retreaded tire manufactured, sold, handled, distributed, or disposed of by Kaz Tire. An injured person has now sued Kaz Tire in state court. The person alleges Kaz Tire negligently repaired a flat forklift tire manufactured, sold, and distributed by other companies he is also suing. The repaired flat tire later exploded and caused him injury. Kaz Tire asked Atain to provide the defense of this state court case and to indemnify it for damages should it be ordered to pay damages. Atain denied coverage arguing it need not offer a defense or indemnity because Kaz Tire âhandledâ the forklift tire while patching it. Atainâs interpretation of this designated products exclusion would seemingly mean it could deny coverage for injury arising from any tire repaired and remounted simply because the insuredâs employee touched the tire in the course of his work. The parties have a dispute. Atain sued for a declaratory judgment to clarify the partiesâ rights. The parties ask us to decide coverage as a matter of law. The history of this âdesignated products exclusionâ confirms it is distinct from a designated work exclusion which may apply to parties âhandlingâ products but Atain does not include a designated work exclusion in its Policy. We cannot interpret âhandledâ to exclude coverage for a tire shop patching a tire which it did not make, sell, or distribute absent a designated work exclusion. We declare Atain must provide a defense and indemnity under its Policy. We deny Kaz Tireâs unsupported request for fees and costs. I. Undisputed material facts.1 Benjamin Allen took a flat tire from his employerâs forklift to Kaz Tire Center for repair.2 He thought Kaz Tire improperly mounted the pneumatic innertube on the forkliftâs wheel assembly in such a way as to have the innertubeâs inflation valve face the rear side of the split rim wheel assembly.3 Mr. Allen then took the forklift tire and a split rim wheel assembly back to his employer to remount it on his employerâs forklift.4 Mr. Allen began to demount the wheel assembly at his employer so he could remount the tire to orient the inflation valve to the front side of the split rim wheel assembly.5 Mr. Allen did not know the pneumatic innertube on the forklift tire must be completely deflated before demounting the tire.6 As he began to remove the bolts from the split rim wheel assembly, the assembly exploded in his face knocking him back several feet onto a pavement causing a fracture of his skull and left eye orbit, laceration of his scalp, loss of consciousness, an open fracture of the elbow, and traumatic brain injury.7 Mr. Allen and his wife sued Kaz Tire and several others in state court (the âUnderlying Actionâ).8 He seeks damages including those arising from Kaz Tireâs alleged negligence: âą Kaz Tire âimproperly mounted the pneumatic innertube so that the inflation valve for the innertube faced the rear of the split rim wheel assembly (toward the chassis) of the forklift. As a result, Mr. Allen was unable to properly mount the wheel and tire assembly onto the forkliftâ;9 âą âOn the day of the accident, defendant Kaz Tire ⊠undertook the responsibility to repair the pneumatic innertube and to the innertube and tire [sic] safely and properly onto the split rim wheel assemblyâ;10 âą âOn the day of the accident, Kaz Tire ⊠improperly repaired the tire and split rim wheel assembly involved in [Mr. Allenâs] accident. Specifically, Kaz Tire mounted the pneumatic innertube so that the inflation valve for the innertube faced the rear (chassis) side of the split rime wheel assemblyâ;11 âą âDefendant Kaz Tire performed its undertakings in a negligent and grossly negligent manner that resulted in [Mr. Allenâs] accident;â12 âą âDefendant Kaz Tire was aware or should have been aware that its failure to ensure the proper installation of the pneumatic innertube on the split rim wheel assembly exposed [Mr. Allen] to the serious risk of catastrophic injury or deathâ;13 âą â[Mr. Allenâs] decision to demount the tire and pneumatic innertube from the split rim wheel assembly â and the injuries resulting therefrom â was the direct and proximate result of the carelessness, negligence, and gross negligence of defendant Kaz Tireâ;14 âą Kaz Tireâs âcarelessness, negligence, and gross negligence ⊠consisted of ⊠the following acts and/or omissions: ⊠f. failing to inspect the tire and split rim wheel assembly to confirm that the tire and pneumatic innertube were properly mounted to the wheel assembly; ⊠j. violating industry safety practice, standards, and guidelines with respect to the servicing of split rim wheel assemblies; k. performing its undertakings related to safety in a negligent manner âŠâ15 Kaz Tire asks Atain Insurance to defend and indemnify under an insurance policy. Kaz Tire purchased a commercial general liability insurance policy from Atain Insurance Company covering the period of Mr. Allenâs claim.16 It submitted a claim to Atain on June 2, 2021 seeking coverage and indemnity in the Underlying Action.17 It based its claim on Atain agreeing in its Policy to provide coverage for âbodily injury and property damage liability:â 1. Insuring Agreement a. We will pay those sums that the insured becomes legally obligated to pay as damages because of âbodily injuryâ or âproperty damageâ to which this insurance applied. We will have the right and duty to defend the insured against any âsuitâ seeking those damages. However, we will have no duty to defend the insured against any âsuitâ seeking damages for âbodily injuryâ or âproperty damageâ to which this insurance does not apply. ⊠. . . b. This insurance applies to âbodily injuryâ and âproperty damageâ only if: (1) The âbodily injuryâ or âproperty damageâ is caused by an âoccurrenceâ that takes place in the âcoverage territoryâ; (2) The âbodily injuryâ or âproperty damageâ occurs during the policy period . . . .18 Atain denied Kaz Tireâs claim relying upon a Designated Products Exclusion. Atain denied coverage to Kaz Tire.19 Atain agreed Mr. Allenâs alleged injuries came within the Policyâs insuring agreement unless an exclusion applied. Atain claimed a Designated Products Exclusion precludes coverage. This Exclusion modifies the commercial general liability coverage part and products/completed operations liability coverage part: This insurance does not apply to âbodily injuryâ or âproperty damageâ included in the âproducts-completed operations hazardâ and arising out of any of âyour productsâ shown in the Schedule.20 The âScheduleâ indicates âDesignated Product(s): ANY USED OR RECAPPED OR RETREADED TIRES.â21 The terms âbodily injury,â âproducts-completed operations hazard,â and âyour productsâ as used in the Exclusion are defined in the Policy. âBodily injuryâ is defined as âbodily injury, sickness or disease sustained by a person, including death resulting from any of these at any time.â22 âProducts-completed operations hazardâ is defined as â[i]nclud[ing] all âbodily injuryâ and âproperty damageâ occurring away from premises you own or rent and arising out of âyour productâ or âyour workâ except: (1) Products that are still in your physical possession; or (2) work that has not yet been completed or abandoned âŠ.â23 âYour productâ is defined as â[a]ny goods or products, other than real property, manufactured, sold, handled, distributed or disposed of by: (a) You âŠ.â24 âYour workâ is defined as âa. (1) Work or operations performed by you or on your behalf; and (2) Materials, parts or equipment furnished in connection with such work or operations âŠ.â25 II. Analysis Atain sued Kaz Tire asking us to declare it has no duty to defend or indemnity Kaz Tire in the Underlying Action.26 The parties cross-move for summary judgment on whether the parties agreed the Designated Products Exclusion precludes coverage. 27 We find it does not. Atain must provide a defense and indemnify Kaz Tire for the injury caused by allegedly negligent work. A. Atainâs duty measured against Mr. Allenâs allegations. We turn to Mr. Allenâs allegations in the Underlying Action to determine whether, construing them liberally in favor of Kaz Tire, there is a possibility coverage is triggered under Atainâs Policy. Under Pennsylvania law, an insurer has a duty to defend its insured if the underlying complaint âpotentially comes within the policyâs coverage.â28 An insurerâs duty to defend is broader than its duty to indemnify.29 There is no duty to indemnify if we find the insurer has no duty to defend.30 To determine whether Atain has a duty to defend Kaz Tire under Pennsylvania law, we apply the âfour cornersâ rule âunder which an insurerâs potential duty to defend is âdetermined solely by the allegations of the complaint in the [underlying] action.ââ31 We view the allegations of the underling action as true and liberally construe them in favor of the insured.32An insurer must defend its insured âuntil it becomes absolutely clearâ there is no possibility the insurer owes its insured a defense.33 We must parse the allegations to confirm what Mr. Allen alleges and notably what he does not. Mr. Allen alleges Kaz Tire: âą â[I]mproperly mounted the pneumatic innertube so that the inflation valve for the innertube faced the rear of the split rim wheel assembly (toward the chassis) of the forklift. As a result, Mr. Allen was unable to properly mount the wheel and tire assembly onto the forkliftâ;34 âą âThe split rim wheel assembly was improperly designed to needlessly permit the inflation valve of the pneumatic innertube to face the back (chassis) side of the split rim wheel assembly, inviting precisely the kind of mistake that was made by defendant Kaz Tireâ;35 âą âOn the day of the accident, defendant Kaz Tire ⊠undertook the responsibility to repair the pneumatic innertube and to the innertube and tire [sic] safely and properly onto the split rim wheel assemblyâ;36 âą âOn the day of the accident, Kaz Tire ⊠improperly repaired the tire and split rim wheel assembly involved in [Mr. Allenâs] accident. Specifically, Kaz Tire mounted the pneumatic innertube so that the inflation valve for the innertube faced the rear (chassis) side of the split rime wheel assemblyâ;37 âą âDefendant Kaz Tire performed its undertakings in a negligent and grossly negligent manner that resulted in [Mr. Allenâs] accident;â38 âą âDefendant Kaz Tire was aware or should have been aware that its failure to ensure the proper installation of the pneumatic innertube on the split rim wheel assembly exposed [Mr. Allen] to the serious risk of catastrophic injury or deathâ;39 âą â[Mr. Allenâs] decision to demount the tire and pneumatic innertube from the split rim wheel assembly â and the injuries resulting therefrom â was the direct and proximate result of the carelessness, negligence, and gross negligence of defendant Kaz Tireâ;40 âą Kaz Tireâs âcarelessness, negligence, and gross negligence ⊠consisted of ⊠the following acts and/or omissions: ⊠f. failing to inspect the tire and split rim wheel assembly to confirm that the tire and pneumatic innertube were properly mounted to the wheel assembly; ⊠j. violating industry safety practice, standards, and guidelines with respect to the servicing of split rim wheel assemblies; k. performing its undertakings related to safety in a negligent manner âŠ.â41 Mr. Allen does not allege Kaz Tire designed, manufactured, sold, or distributed the tire or split rim wheel assembly. He instead alleges other parties are liable for this conduct. Mr. Allen alleges Clark Material Handling Company and Forklift LP Corporation f/k/a Clark Material Handling Company and CSI Material Handling, Inc. designed, manufactured, assembled, labelled, imported, marketed, sold, and/or distributed the forklift involved in the accident; ToyotaLift Northeast and SwiftLift, Inc. engaged in the distribution, sale, supply, and maintenance of new and used forklifts and the supply and installation of forklift component parts; ToyotaLift performed maintenance on the forklift involved in Mr. Allenâs accident; P.J. Fitzpatrick, Inc. either sold or were intervening sellers in the chain of distribution; and various John/Jane Does, ABC Corporations, and XYZ Corporations were involved in the design, manufacture, assembly, labelling, marketing, selling, or distribution of the forklift and split rim wheel assembly involved in the accident.42 Mr. Allen does not allege Kaz Tire manufactured, assembled, labelled, imported, marketed, sold, and/or distributed the forklift or split rim wheel assembly at issue. B. A Designated Products Exclusion differs from a Designated Work Exclusion. The purpose of a commercial general liability policy is to protect business owners against liability to third parties.43 The business owner can shop for an insurance policy mindful an insurer may limit its obligations to its insureds through exclusions. Atainâs Policy includes a Designated Products Exclusion. It does not include a Designated Work Exclusion. The partiesâ arguments broadly address the Designated Products Exclusion and other policy exclusions, specifically the âproducts hazard,â âcompleted operations hazardâ and âproducts/completed operations hazardâ exclusions. These are different concepts. We briefly provide the background of these exclusions to unravel the partiesâ arguments and the core issue of this case â whether Atainâs Designated Products Exclusion precludes coverage to Kaz Tire in the Underlying Action. Most commercial general liability policies in the United States are today written on standardized forms developed by the Insurance Services Office, Inc. (âISOâ).44 Atainâs Policy and the Designated Products Exclusion are written on ISO standard forms.45 Standard commercial general liability insurance came to the market in 1940.46 Before 1966, the insurance industryâs standardized comprehensive general liability policy provided coverage on âschedule formsâ providing coverage for liabilities as âscheduledâ in the policy.47 An insured must have affirmatively elected âproducts hazardâ and âcompleted operations hazardâ coverage if it wished to have such coverage. The âproducts hazardâ generally covered bodily injury and property damage arising out of the insuredâs products or reliance on a representation or warranty made at any time with respect to the product but only if the injury or damage occurred away from the named insuredâs premises.48 A âcompleted operationsâ hazard âperforms a similar function for contractors as the âproductsâ hazard fulfills for manufacturers. When the service is finished, the contractor has created the equivalent of a finished product, and the policy applies conceptually similarly to product liability risks, which arise after the product has been sold. In addition to the question of the location of injury, the requirement of this hazard is that the injury take place after the contractorâs work at a given location has been completed.â49 Commercial insurance underwriters traditionally distinguished between âoperationsâ risks and âoperationsâ risks already completed.50 âOperationsâ risks occur while the insuredâs normal business operations are taking place.51 The âcompleted operationsâ risks occur, as its name suggests, after the insuredâs work is completed.52 âWhere the insured is a manufacturer, distributor, or seller, the analog of the âcompleted operationsâ risk is the âproduct hazard,â which refers to the risk that a product handled by the insured will cause an injury after it has left the insuredâs control.â53 General liability policies today âconsider these two similar risks as a single one, called the âproducts/completed operations hazard.ââ54 Insurers in pre-1966 policies combined âproducts hazardâ liability and âcompleted operations liabilityâ into one section if elected by the insured covering (1) goods or products manufactured, sold, handled, or distributed by the insured if the accident occurs after possession of the goods or products had been relinquished to others or if the accident occurred away from the premises owned, rented, or controlled by the named insured; and (2) operations if the accident occurred after the insured completed or abandoned such operations and occurred away from the premises owned, rented, or controlled by the named insured.55 But the insurance industry revised the comprehensive general liability standardized policy after 1966 to separate âproducts hazardâ and âcompleted operations.â56 The standard coverage did not include âproducts hazardâ or âcompleted operationsâ; the insured had to elect those coverages.57 The Insurance Services Office, Inc. revised the comprehensive general liability standardized form in 1986, renaming it âcommercial general liabilityâ and going back to the pre- 1966 practice of combining âproducts hazardâ and âcompleted operations hazardâ into a combined âproducts-completed operations hazardâ coverage.58 The standardized definition of âproducts- completed operations hazardâ is identical to the definition in the Atain Policy. The Atain Policy issued to Kaz Tire is on an ISO standardized form. The present form of standard commercial general liability policy covers claims for âcompleted operationsâ and âproductâ liability âunless such coverage is expressly excluded.â59 Where products and completed operations liability coverage initially required an insured to affirmatively elect such coverage, today such coverage is automatically included in the basic coverage offered under the standard commercial general liability policy unless expressly excluded.60 A commercial general liability policy now typically covers âproducts/completed operationsâ for âbodily injuryâ and âproperty damageâ occurring away from insuredâs premises and âarising out ofâ âyour productâ or âyour workâ except for (1) products still in the insuredâs physical possession; or (2) work not yet completed or abandoned.61 The Insurance Services Office issues standardized exclusions relevant to our analysis: a Designated Products exclusion on a standardized form used by Atain in the Policy with Kaz Tire; a Products-Completed Operations exclusion; and a Designated Work exclusion. The Products-Completed Operations exclusion provides: âHAZARD This endorsement modifies insurance provided under the following: COMMERCIAL GENERAL LIABILITY COVERAGE PART. This insurance does not apply to âbodily injuryâ or âproperty damageâ included within the âproduces-completed operations hazard.ââ62 The Designated Work exclusion provides: âThis endorsement modifies insurance provided under the following: COMMERCIAL GENERAL LIABILITY COVERAGE PART[,] PRODUCTS/COMPLETED OPERATIONS LIABILITY COVERAGE PART[,] SCHEDULE Description of your work: This insurance does not apply to âbodily injuryâ or âproperty damageâ included in the âproducts-completed operations hazardâ and arising out of âyour workâ shown in the Schedule.â63 There is no dispute the Policy issued by Atain to Kaz Tire is a post-1986 commercial general liability standardized policy covering both general liability and products completed operations each with an aggregate limit of $2 million.64 Atain chose to limit coverage by including a Designated Products Exclusion modifying the commercial general liability coverage part and the products-completed operations liability coverage part by excluding: âDesignated Product(s): ANY USED OR RECAPPED OR RETREADED TIRES.â A Designated Products Exclusion âgenerally indicates that the insurance does not apply to âproperty damageâ or âbodily injuryâ in the âproducts- completed operations hazardâ and arising out of the policyholderâs âproductsâ designated â that is, specifically listed â in the Schedule or Declarations.â65 And this is exactly what Atain excluded in its Policy; it excluded on a Schedule only one product, âany used or recapped or retreaded tires.â Atain did not include the standardized Products-Completed Operations exclusion or the Designated Work exclusion. It denied coverage based only on the Designated Product Exclusion. C. Atainâs Designated Product Exclusion does not bar coverage to Kaz Tire. We must determine whether the âDesignated Product Exclusionâ applies to Kaz Tireâs repair of the forklift tire. The Policy language and principles of contract construction under Pennsylvania law require us to find the Exclusion does not apply. Atain cannot deny coverage based on the Designated Product Exclusion.66 Atain argues the clear and unambiguous language of the Exclusion precludes coverage for Mr. Allenâs claims of âbodily injuryâ âoccurring away fromâ Kaz Tireâs premises and âarising out ofâ the âused tireâ it âhandled.â Kaz Tire argues the Exclusion does not apply because it did not âhandleâ a used tire within the definition of âyour productâ; it performed a service, as alleged in the Underlying Complaint, by fixing the forkliftâs flat tire and mounting onto the wheel assembly. Kaz Tire argues it is not in the business of selling used tires, and Mr. Allenâs claim in the underlying action does not arise out of the sale of used tires. We begin with the language Atain chose in its Exclusion: âThis insurance does not apply to âbodily injuryâ or âproperty damageâ included in the âproducts-completed operations hazardâ and arising out of any of âyour productsâ shown in the Scheduleâ [used tires].67 The first clause of the Exclusion precludes coverage for âbodily injuryâ included in the âproducts-completed operations hazardâ defined as âall âbodily injuryâ ⊠occurring away from premises you own or rent and arising out of âyour productâ or âyour workâ âŠâ68 There is no dispute Mr. Allen alleges âbodily injuryâ âoccurring away fromâ Kaz Tireâs premises. But there is a second clause; the bodily injury occurring away from Kaz Tireâs premises must âarise out ofâ any of â[Kaz Tireâs] productsâ shown in the Schedule â âany used ⊠tires.â â[Kaz Tireâs] productsâ is defined as âany goods or products, other than real property, manufactured, sold, handled, distributed or disposed of by ⊠[Kaz Tire].â69 Atain hangs its entire argument on its assertion Kaz Tire âhandledâ a âused tire.â It argues Kaz Tire âhandledâ the used tire when it repaired the flat forklift tire and mounted on the wheel assembly bringing its servicing of the tire into the definition of product. It cites no authority for its interpretation repairing a used tire constitutes âhandlingâ a tire within the Policyâs definition of âyour product.â Kaz Tire relies exclusively on two Pennsylvania Superior Court cases Harford Mutual Insurance Co. v. Moorhead70 and Friestad v. Travelers Indemnity Company71 to support its argument the Designated Products Exclusion does not apply. Atain spends a significant portion of its brief arguing why Moorhead and Friestad do not apply. The Superior Courtâs Morehead and Friestad analysis is instructive. 1. Friestad: the term âhandledâ applies to a product, not a service. In Friestad, the insured sought coverage from its insurer, Travelers Indemnity Company, for damages incurred when a furnace manufactured by Sears caused a fire destroying the home of plaintiffs in the underlying action.72 The insured purchased a comprehensive business owners insurance policy from Travelers covering âall sums which the Insured shall become legally obligated to pay as damages because of bodily injury or property damage ⊠caused by an occurrence ⊠during the period insurance ⊠is in effect âŠ.â73 The Travelers policy contained six exclusions including âcompleted operationsâ and âproductsâ exclusions.74 The policy defined âProducts Hazardâ to include âbodily injury and Property damage arising out of Named Insuredâs products or reliance upon a representation or warranty made at any time with respect thereto, But [sic] only if the bodily injury or property Damage [sic] occurs away from the premises owned or rented to [Friestad] and After [sic] physical possession of such products have been relinquished to others.â75 The policy defined âNamed Insuredâs productsâ as âgoods or products manufactured, sold, Handled [sic] or distributed by the Named Insured or others trading under his name.â76 Travelers defined âCompleted operations hazardâ as including âbodily injury and Property [sic] damage arising out of operations or reliance upon a representation or warranty made at any time with respect thereto, But [sic] only if the bodily injury or Property [sic] damage occurs after such operations have been completed or abandoned and occurs away from premises owned or rented to [Friestad].â77 The Superior Court explained the differences between the exclusions: ââCompleted Operationsâ ⊠refers to injuries or losses which arise after a jobsite has been returned to the control of the premisesâ owner. The âProducts Hazardâ also requires the insuredâs relinquishment of control of a product, coupled with an injury or loss away from the normal business premises. The principal thrust of completed operations is the insuredâs provision of a service, while the principal thrust of the products hazard is the insuredâs manufacture or sale of a product.â78 The trial court found the insuredâs installation of the furnace fell within the meaning of the products hazard exclusion, reading the term âhandledâ broadly to exclude coverage.79 The Superior Court disagreed, rejecting a broad construction of the term âhandled.â The Superior Court reasoned construing âhandledâ broadly ârenders coverage under the completed operations hazard virtually illusoryâ because âit is difficult to conceive of a service which does not involve the handling of some object, so that, arguably, even the âpurestâ of service-type operations from which liability might arise could be categorized as excluded under the products hazard.â80 The court reasoned it must narrowly construe the term âhandledâ because: [The Insured] would naturally expect that he had coverage for liability âarising out of (his) operationsâ in installing a furnace, but that he would not have coverage for liability âarising out ofâ his manufacturing or selling a furnace. Coupled with the fact that the operations definition refers to âoperations which may require further service or maintenance work, or correction, repair, or replacement,â and includes operations involving the furnishing of âmaterials, parts or equipment,â it is inconceivable that the handling of a product was not contemplated as falling within the completed operations provision. Necessarily, if handling a product places the insured's work within the products hazard exclusion, then coverage for operations requiring the maintenance or repair of anotherâs product is read right out of the policy. Thus, a narrow interpretation of the meaning of âhandledâ has the effect of giving meaning to these additional terms in the insurance contract which an expansive reading of âhandledâ renders nugatory; and it is, of course, a maxim of the law that the courts should prefer a reading of a contract which gives meaning to all the terms thereof.81 2. Moorhead: the products hazard exclusion does not apply where insureds are sued for negligently servicing a product. In Moorhead, Harford Mutual Insurance Company sought a declaration its âProducts Hazardâ allowed it to deny coverage from liability in an underlying action alleging a negligent failure to warn.82 The plaintiff in the underlying action alleged the insureds negligently failed to provide warnings on a product they sold causing his injuries.83 The insured purchased a comprehensive general liability policy covering âall sums with the insured shall become legally obligated to pay as damages because of (a) bodily injury, or (b) property damage to which this insurance applies.â84 The insured and Harford also agreed: âsuch insurance as is afforded by the bodily injury liability coverage does not apply to bodily injury or property damage included with the completed operation hazard or the products hazard.â85 Harford defined âProducts Hazardâ as including âbodily injury and property damage arising out of the named insuredâs products or reliance upon a representation or warranty made at any time with respect thereto, but only if the bodily injury or property damage occurs away from premises owned by or rented to the named insured and after physical possession of such products has been relinquished to others.â86 The case did not turn on the âcompleted operation hazardâ exclusion. The Pennsylvania Superior Court in Moorhead rejected Harfordâs argument the products hazard exclusion applied relying on its earlier decision in Friestad. The Pennsylvania Superior Court concluded â[a]lleged negligence which does not involve the sale of a defective product is of a type which âoccurs occasionally in the course of business and is a risk for which businesses buy general coverage.ââ87 The court explained: â[t]o construe a âProducts Hazardâ exclusion to apply in a suit later brought against an insured where the product sold was not the cause of the damage, but was merely an incidental instrumentality through which the damage was done, would defeat the purpose of purchasing such a policy by rendering meaningless much of the stated coverage.â88 Relying on Friestad, the Superior Court held the âProducts Hazardâ exclusion applies only when a product, as opposed to a service, is the alleged cause of injury.89 Where insureds are sued for negligently servicing a product, the products hazard exclusion does not apply.90 3. The Superior Courtâs Friestad and Moorhead reasoning informs our analysis. Atain argues Moorhead and Friestad do not apply because (1) the Pennsylvania Superior Court addressed a âbroad products exclusion and not a narrowly tailored product exclusionâ as found in the Atain Policy; and (2) the Superior Court considered a âcomplete operations hazardâ exclusion and not a Designated Products Exclusion as in the Atain Policy. We reject these arguments in their entirety. As we explained in the history of commercial general liability insurance, policies of insurance from 1966 to 1986 separated âcompleted operationsâ and âproductsâ hazards. The policy at issue in Friestad involved both a products hazard and completed operations hazard because, at the time of Friestadâs policy in 1967, both coverages were separated. After 1986, the products hazard and completed operations hazard combined into a âproducts-completed operations hazard.â In the trial court, the parties disputed whether Friestad contracted for âcompleted operationsâ coverage. We do not have this dispute here; there is no dispute Kaz Tire paid for products-completed operations coverage. The trial court in Friestad deemed it unnecessary to determine whether Friestad contracted for completed operations coverage because the trial court determined the products hazard exclusion applied to Friestadâs installation of the Sears furnace. The Superior Court found the trial court erred in construing the products hazard exclusion. That exclusion operated to exclude bodily injury arising âout of the Named Insuredâs products âŠâ defined as âgoods or products manufactured, sold, handled or distributed by the Named Insured âŠâ91 The court rejected a broad reading of âhandledâ reasoning Friestad employees who installed the furnace surely âhandledâ it during installation and if âhandling a product places the insuredâs work within the products hazard exclusion, then coverage for operations requiring the maintenance or repair of anotherâs product is read right out of the policy.â92 Atain makes a similar argument in its attempt to distinguish Moorhead. It argues it followed Moorheadâs advice to insurers to ânarrowly tailorâ its exclusions. This argument misses the mark. The portion of Moorhead relied on by Atain came at the point in the opinion after the Superior Court determined the products hazard exclusion applied only to injuries caused by a product and not a service.93 Having already determined the products hazard exclusion did not apply to a failure to warn claim, the Superior Court held the insurer âwill have to cover the instant claimâŠ.â94 The court in dicta then noted some other jurisdictions find a âproducts hazardâ exclusion does not apply to failure to warn claims while other courts find the âproducts hazardâ exclusion too ambiguous to preclude coverage.95 It explained to âhold in favor of [insurer], here, would require this Court to find that a failure to warn negligence claim, which ostensibly asserts negligence in failing to reasonably instruct or warn, is essentially a product liability claim for failure to properly manufacture (with necessary warnings) and was intended to be excluded by the Products Hazard exclusion.â96 The court then noted because a failure to warn claim is both a negligence claim and a product liability claim, it is incumbent on the insurer to draft a policy expressly excluding âthat region of overlapâ if that is what it intended.97 Atain asserts that is just what it did; it âunequivocallyâ excluded the âhandlingâ of âused tires.â But that is not the issue. The issue is whether the Designated Products Exclusion applies at all, not whether it unequivocally excluded used tires. Kaz Tires does not argue the Exclusion does not apply to used tires; its argument is the servicing of a tire is not a product under the Exclusion. It concedes Atain âwould be in a different standingâ if Kaz Tire had been in the business of selling used tires and the underlying claim arose from the sale of used tires.98 Kaz Tire did not sell a used tire. And we do not have a situation, like in Moorhead, where failure to warn claims are considered both a negligence claim and a products claim, and âfall in a region of analytical overlap between two commonly distinct theories of liability.â99 Analogizing the Superior Courtâs interpretation of âhandledâ in the Friestad policyâs âNamed Insuredâs productsâ to the definition of âyour productâ in the Atain Policy (defined as âany goods or products ⊠manufactured, sold, handled, distributed or disposed of by ⊠Youâ) we conclude the Designated Product Exclusion must be read narrowly. We will not attribute the repair of the flat tire to a âproduct ⊠handled ⊠byâ Kaz Tire. And informed by Moorhead, we conclude Atainâs Designated Products Exclusion applies when a product and not a service is the alleged cause of injury. Kaz Tire serviced a flat forklift tire. Mr. Allen alleges his injuries arose from Kaz Tireâs negligence in, among other conduct, improperly mounting the pneumatic innertube so the inflation valve for the innertube faced the rear of the split rim wheel assembly rather than the front of the assembly. Mr. Allenâs injuries did not âarise out ofâ âgoods or products ⊠manufactured, sold, handled, distributed or disposed of byâ Kaz Tire. Mr. Allen instead alleges Kaz Tireâs negligence in servicing the flat tire contributed to his injuries. He is also suing the manufacturer and others involved with the product. But Kaz Tire is not involved in manufacturing, selling, distributing, or disposing the tire. It handled the tire as part of the service of patching a tire. Atainâs interpretation would preclude coverage for harm created by every service upon a tire which later explodes simply because the insured put its hands on the tire. Atain makes much of the exclusions at issue here and in Friestad and Moorhead. Atain argues its exclusion is a Designated Products Exclusion while Friedstad and Moorhead addressed a âProduct Hazardâ exclusion and âCompleted Workâ exclusion. Atain does not explain how its Designated Products Exclusion is materially different in its operation particularly where the definition of âyour productâ here is nearly identical to the definition reviewed in Friestad. 4. Contract construction principles inform how we interpret âhandled by.â Pennsylvania law applies the canon ejusdem generis in the construction of a contract. â[W]here general words follow an enumeration of persons or things, by words of a particular and specific meaning, such general words are not to be construed in their widest extent, but are to be held as applying only to the persons or things of the same general kind or class as those specifically mentioned.â100 We also give the clear and unambiguous words of a contract their commonly accepted and plain meaning.101 Atain asserts the Designated Products Exclusion is clear and unambiguous.102 Atain defines the term âyour productâ as: â[a]ny goods or products, other than real property, manufactured, sold, handled, distributed or disposed of by âŠYou.â âManufacturedâ means âto make (as raw material) into a product suitable for useâ; âto make from raw materials by hand or by machineryâ; and âto produce according to an organized plan and with a division of labor.â103 âSoldâ means âto give up (property) to another for money or other valuable consideration: hand over or transfer title to (as goods or real estate) for a price.â104 The word âhandleâ as a transitive verb is defined to include both âto touch, feel, hold, take up, move or otherwise affect with the hand: use the hands uponâ but also âto trade in: engage in the buying, selling, or distributing of (a commodity).â105 The word âdistributeâ means to âdivide among several or many: deal out: apportion especially to members of a group or over a period of time.â106 The word âdisposeâ means âto give a tendency toâ and âto put in place or order: distribute and arrange especially for greatest effectiveness, economy, ease, or conformity to a pattern.â107 Applying the plain meaning of the words âmanufactured, sold, handled, distributed or disposed of,â we conclude the word âhandledâ as within the general kind or class of manufacturing, selling, and distributing âused tires.â There is no dispute Kaz Tire did not do so and instead serviced a flat tire it did not manufacture, sell, distribute, or dispose We are additionally persuaded by the Insurance Services Officeâs standardized âDesignated Work Exclusion,â which specifically modifies commercial general liability coverage and products-completed operations liability coverage to exclude ââbodily injuryâ or âproperty damageâ included in the âproducts-completed operations hazardâ and arising out of âyour workâ shown in the Schedule.â108 . Atainâs interpretation would swallow the work exclusion as an employee would âhandleâ the tire to do its work. We will not read âhandledâ to bootstrap the work exclusion. Atain chose not to include this exclusion in the Policy. D. We deny Kaz Tireâs request for attorneyâs fees. Kaz Tire seeks reasonable costs and attorneyâs fees incurred in the defense of Atainâs declaratory judgment action and âin the defense of the underlying action to date as ancillary relief, if warranted.â109 Kaz Tire is not entitled to attorneyâs fees. We deny its request. Atain timely filed this case seeking clarity as to a duty to defend or indemnify Kaz Tire in the Underlying Action. It invoked our diversity jurisdiction. It did not seek a declaration under the federal Declaratory Judgment Act.110 It did not suggest seeking a declaration under the Pennsylvania Declaratory Judgment Act.111 It argues Kaz Tire is not entitled to attorneyâs fees under the âDeclaratory Judgment Act.â112 A federal court sitting in diversity applies âthe substantive law as decided by the highest court of the state whose law governs the action.â113 Under Pennsylvania law, attorneyâs fees are not recoverable unless (1) expressly authorized by statute; (2) the partiesâ clear agreement; or (3) some other established exception.114 Kaz Tire does not provide the basis for its request for attorneyâs fees, although it suggests it is entitled to such fees âincurred in the defense of this declaratory judgment action âŠ.â115 Pennsylvaniaâs appellate courts allow the recovery of attorneyâs fees under the Pennsylvania Declaratory Judgment Act, which is âremedial ... and is to be liberally construed and administered.â116 An âinsured who is compelled to bring a declaratory judgment action to establish [its] insurerâs duty to defend an action brought by a third party may recover his attorneyâs fees incurred in the declaratory judgment action if the insurer has, in bad faith, refused to defend the action brought by the third party.â117 Kaz Tire did not bring this action. It offers no evidence of Atainâs bad faith. It relies on its belief Atainâs denial of coverage is unfounded. We disagree with Atain on its obligations. But its denial is not in bad faith or otherwise frivolous. We lack a basis to require Atain pay Kaz Tire fees or costs for properly seeking declaratory relief. III. Conclusion Atain Insurance Company asks we declare it owes no duty to defend or indemnify its insured Kaz Tire, Inc. in an underlying state court case involving injuries arising from an exploding forklift tire patched but not sold by Kaz Tire. The parties cross-moved for summary judgment. Atain included a Designated Product Exclusion in its Policy. It does not address a work exclusion. It now tries to use the Designated Product Exclusion to exclude coverage by arguing Kaz Tireâs repair and mounting of a forklift tire onto a wheel assembly is a âproductâ because Kaz Tire âhandledâ a âused tire.â It bases its argument on the word âhandleâ in the Policyâs definition of âyour productâ because it admittedly cannot look to the words manufactured, sold, distributed, or disposed of. It gives a broad reading contrary to Pennsylvania law and without authority to construe âhandleâ in the context of the âyour productâ definition. We deny its motion and enter judgment in favor of Kaz Tire. We decline to award Kaz Tire fees or costs. 1 Our Policies require a Statement of Undisputed Material Facts (âSUMFâ) and an appendix in support of summary judgment. The parties filed cross-motions for summary judgment. Atain filed its Motion and brief in support of summary judgment at ECF Doc. Nos. 12 and 12-2 and its SUMF at ECF Doc. No. 12-2. Kaz Tire filed its Motion and brief in support of summary judgment at ECF Doc. No. 14 and SUMF at ECF Doc. No. 14-1. The parties filed a Joint Appendix at ECF Doc. Nos. 12-4 and 12-5 (âJAâ). Atain responded to Kaz Tireâs motion for summary judgment at ECF Doc. No. 16. Kaz Tire responded to Atainâs motion for summary judgment at ECF Doc. No. 15. 2 ECF Doc. No. 12-5, JA 103 ¶ 4; JA 109 ¶ 43. 3 JA 104 ¶ 6; JA 110 ¶ 46. 4 JA 103 ¶ 5; JA 110 ¶ 45. 5 JA 104 ¶ 6; JA 110 ¶¶ 46-48. 6 JA 104 ¶ 7. 7 JA 104 ¶¶ 7-8; JA 110 ¶¶ 48-49. 8 JA 99-131. 9 JA 110 ¶ 46. 10 JA 119 ¶ 90. 11 JA 119 ¶ 95. 12 JA 120 ¶ 96. 13 JA 120 ¶ 97. 14 JA 120 ¶ 98. 15 JA 120-21 ¶ 99. 16 The named insured on the Policy is âKaz Tire Center, Inc.â ECF Doc. No. 12-5, JA 2. The complaint names Kaz Tire, Inc. trading as Kaz Tire Center, Inc, an unregistered fictitious name, and Kazeem Nabavi trading as Kaz Tire Center, a registered fictitious name. We refer to Defendants collectively as âKaz Tire.â Atain describes Kaz Tire as a âtire dealerâ in the Policy. ECF Doc. No. 12-5 at JA 2. 17 JA 133. 18 JA 73, Policy § I, Coverage A ¶ 1. A, b. The Policy is an âoccurrenceâ policy. âUnder an occurrence-based policy, coverage is effective if the damage or injury from a negligent or omitted act occurred during the period of the policy, regardless of the date a claim is actually made against the insured.â 1 COUCH ON INSURANCE § 1:5. 19 JA 133-40. 20 JA 92 (emphasis added). 21 JA 92. 22 JA 85, Policy § V.3. 23 JA 87, Policy § V.16. 24 JA 88, Policy § V.21. 25 JA 88, Policy § V.22. 26 ECF Doc. No. 1. 27 Summary judgment is proper when âthe movant shows that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.â Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(a). âMaterial facts are those âthat could affect the outcomeâ of the proceeding, and âa dispute about a material fact is âgenuineâ if the evidence is sufficient to permit a reasonable jury to return a verdict for the non-moving party.ââ Pearson v. Prison Health Serv., 850 F.3d 526, 534 (3d Cir. 2017) (quoting Lamont v. New Jersey, 637 F.3d 177, 181 (3d Cir. 2011)). On a motion for summary judgment, âwe view the facts and draw all reasonable inferences in the light most favorable to the nonmovant.â Pearson, 850 F.3d at 533-34 (3d Cir. 2017) (citing Scott v. Harris, 550 U.S. 372, 378 (2007)). âThe party seeking summary judgment âhas the burden of demonstrating that the evidentiary record presents no genuine issue of material fact.ââ Parkell v. Danberg, 833 F.3d 313,323 (3d Cir. 2016) (quoting Willis v. UPMC Childrenâs Hosp. of Pittsburgh, 808 F.3d 638, 643 (3d Cir. 2015)). If the movant carries its burden, âthe nonmoving party must identify facts in the record that would enable them to make a sufficient showing on essential elements of their case for which they have the burden of proof.â Willis, 808 F.3d at 643 (citing Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 323 (1986)). âIf, after adequate time for discovery, the nonmoving party has not met its burden, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56, the court must enter summary judgment against the nonmoving party.â Willis, 808 F.3d at 643 (citing Celotex Corp., 477 U.S. at 322-323). âThis standard does not change when the issue is presented in the context of cross-motions for summary judgment.â Auto-Owners Ins. Co. v. Stevens & Ricci Inc., 835 F.3d 388, 402 (3d Cir. 2016) (quoting Appelmans v. City of Phila., 826 F.2d 214, 216 (3d Cir. 1987)). âWhen both parties move for summary judgment, â[t]he court must rule on each partyâs motion on an individual and separate basis, determining, for each side, whether a judgment may be entered in accordance with the Rule 56 standard.ââ Auto-Owners Ins. Co., 835 F.3d at 402 (quoting 10A Charles Alan Wright et al., FEDERAL PRACTICE & PROCEDURE § 2720 (3d ed. 2016)). 28 Sikirica v. Nationwide Ins. Co., 416 F.3d 214, 225 (3d Cir. 2005). 29 Ramara, Inc. v. Westfield Ins. Co., 814 F.3d 660, 673 (3d Cir. 2016) (quoting, Sikirica, 416 F.3d at 225). 30 Sikirica, 416 F.3d at 225. 31 Ramara, 814 F.3d at 673 (quoting Kvaerner Metals Div. of Kvaerner U.S., Inc. v. Commercial Union Ins. Co., 908 F.2d 888, 896 (Pa. 2006)) (emphasis in original). 32 Ramara, 814 F.3d at 673 (quoting Frog, Switch & Mfg Co. v. Travelers Ins. Co., 193 F.3d 742, 746 (3d Cir. 1999)). 33 Ramara, 814 F.3d at 673-74. 34 ECF Doc. No. 12-5, JA 110 ¶ 46. 35 JA 110 ¶ 47. 36 JA 119 ¶ 90. 37 JA 119 ¶ 95. 38 JA 120 ¶ 96. 39 JA 120 ¶ 97. 40 JA 120 ¶ 98. 41 JA 120-21 ¶ 99. 42 JA 105 ¶¶ 12-17; 106 ¶¶ 20-21, 23-24; 106-107 ¶¶ 25-29). 43 3 NEW APPLEMAN ON INSURANCE LAW LIBRARY EDITION § 16.02[3][a][i] (2021). 44 Id. 45 See Commercial General Liability Coverage Form at JA 73-88 and Designated Products Exclusion at JA 92 on ISO standard forms. 46 9A COUCH ON INSURANCE § 129:1. 47 3 New Appleman Insurance Law Practice Guide 30B.05 (2021). 48 1 New Appleman Insurance Law Practice Guide 3.09 (2021). 49 Id. 50 3 NEW APPLEMAN ON INSURANCE LAW LIBRARY EDITION ¶ 16.02[3][a][ii]. 51 Id. (citations omitted). 52 Id. (citation omitted). 53 Id. (citation omitted). See also 9A COUCH ON INSURANCE § 129:25 (3d ed.) (ââCompleted operationsâ provisions refer to bodily injury and property damage which occur away from premises owned by or rented to the insured, and after the insured has completed work or relinquished custody of its product. In the context of a products-completed operations hazard exclusion, it is immaterial that the injury arose out of negligence which occurred prior to completion of the operation but is not detected until after completion.â) (citations omitted). 54 3 NEW APPLEMAN ON INSURANCE LAW LIBRARY EDITION ¶ 16.02[3][a][ii]. 55 3 NEW APPLEMAN INSURANCE LAW PRACTICE GUIDE 30B.05[2] (2021). 56 Id. at 30B.05[3]. 57 Id. The insurance industry again revised the standardized commercial general liability policy in 1969 and 1973 making revisions not relevant to our analysis. 58 Id. at 30B.05[6]. 59 3 NEW APPLEMAN INSURANCE LAW PRACTICE GUIDE 30B.07[3] (2021). 60 3 NEW APPLEMAN INSURANCE LAW PRACTICE GUIDE 30B.04[2] (2021). 61 3 NEW APPLEMAN INSURANCE LAW PRACTICE GUIDE 30B.07[3] (2021). 62 ISO Form CG 21 04 11 85. 63 ISO Form CG 21 34 01 87; 3 NEW APPLEMAN ON INSURANCE LAW LIBRARY EDITION § 21.02[4][a][vii] (2021). 64 ECF Doc. No. 12-5, JA 47. 65 3 NEW APPLEMAN ON INSURANCE LAW LIBRARY EDITION § 21.02[4][a][v] (2021). 66 We are mindful Atainâs indemnity obligations are not ripe as there has been no judgment requiring Kaz Tire to pay damages. Neither party raises a question concerning our ability to address the indemnity obligations under the only argument before us. Atain does not argue a judgment in the state court could create another defense. It instead focuses entirely on the Designated Products Exclusion. Our interpretation of this exclusion would not change based on Mr. Allenâs allegations. But nothing in todayâs Order precludes Atain from presenting other grounds to deny indemnity when ripe and potentially seeking declaratory relief based on other grounds consistent with Rule 11. 67 ECF Doc. No. 12-5, JA 92 (emphasis added). 68 JA 87, Policy § V.16. 69 JA 88, Policy § V.21.a (emphasis added). 70 578 A.2d 492 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1990). 71 393 A.2d 1212 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1978). 72 Friestad, 393 A.2d at 1213. The Pennsylvania Superior Court decided Friestad in 1978, before the 1986 changes to standardized commercial general liability policies. Recall in 1986, the Insurance Services Office revised the standardized commercial general liability insurance policy. Based on the history we have set out, comprehensive general liability policies between 1966 and 1986 separated âproducts hazardsâ from âcompleted operations.â Friestad purchased its policy in 1967. Id. 73 Id. 74 Id. 75 Id. at 1215 (emphasis added). 76 Id. at 1216 (emphasis added). 77 Id. at 1216. 78 Id. at 1213, n. 2. 79 Id. at 1216. 80 Id. 81 Id. at 1217 (emphasis added). 82 Moorhead, 578 A.2d at 493-94. 83 Id. at 494. 84 Id. at 495. 85 Id. (quoting the policy, emphasis added by the court). The Pennsylvania Superior Court decided Moorhead in 1990. It appears Harford originally filed its declaratory judgment in the Erie County Court of Common Pleas in 1988. A close reading of Moorhead shows the Superior Court refers to a âcomprehensive general liability insurance policyâ; the pre-1986 term for what is now a commercial generally liability policy. Moorhead, 578 A.2d at 493. Based on the history we have set out, comprehensive general liability policies between 1966 and 1986 separated âproducts hazardsâ from âcompleted operationsâ and explains why the exclusion at issue in Moorhead is a âproducts hazardâ exclusion. 86 Moorhead, 578 A.2d at 495 (quoting the policy, emphasis added by the court). 87 Id. at 496 (quoting Cooling v. United States Fid. & Guar. Co., 269 So. 2d 294, 297 (La. Ct. App. 1972)). 88 Id. at 496. 89 Id. 90 Id. at 496 (citing Friestad, 393 A.2d at 1217). 91 Friestad, 393 A.2d at 1216. 92 Id. at 1217. 93 Moorhead, 578 A.2d at 501. 94 Id. 95 Id. at 501-502. 96 Id. at 502-503 (emphasis in original). 97 Id. at 503. 98 ECF Doc. No. 14 at 11. 99 Moorhead, 578 A.2d at 503. 100 Toffler Assocs., Inc. v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co., 651 F.Supp.2d 332, 345 (E.D. Pa. 2009) (quoting Steele v. Statesman Ins. Co., 607 A.2d 742, 743 (Pa. 1992)); Depât of Envât Prot. v. Cumberland Coal Res., 102 A.3d 962, 976 (Pa. 2014). 101 TruServ Corp. v. Morganâs Tool & Supply Co., 39 A.3d 253, 260 (Pa. 2012). 102 In support of its motion, Atain argues âthis Courtâ determined, as a matter of law, the Designated Products Exclusion is not ambiguous and the exclusion bars coverage, citing Webb v. Oak Leaf Outdoors, Inc., Nos. 11-2456, 13-6261, 2015 WL 1400649 (E.D. Pa. Mar. 27, 2015). This has nothing to do with the âhandled byâ issue, and we disagree the case is relevant to the facts and issues here. In Webb, the plaintiff suffered injury during a hunting trip when he fell from a tree using a tree stand manufactured by Oak Leaf Outdoors, Inc. Oak Leaf sought coverage from its insurer, Liberty Surplus Insurance Corporation, under a commercial general liability insurance policy. The policy contained a Designated Policy Exclusion very specifically listing on its Schedule: âall items sold prior to 7/13/06, to include all orders for portable tree stands and related products received and shipped prior to 7/13/06. Id. at * 4. Like the Designated Products Exclusion at issue in the Atain Policy, the Designated Policy Exclusion in Webb provided: âThis insurance does not apply to âbodily injuryâ or âproperty damageâ included in the âproducts-completed operations hazardâ and arising out of any of âyour productsâ shown in the Schedule.â Id. The policy in Webb contained the same definition of âproducts-completed operations hazardâ and âyour productâ as the Atain Policy. Applying Illinois law to the insurance policy, Judge Rufe concluded the exclusion unambiguously excluded designated products âsold prior to 7/13/06, to include all orders for portable tree stands and related products received and shipped prior to 7/13/06â regardless of the partiesâ dispute over the timing of Oak Leafâs acquisition of the former manufacturerâs tree stand business. Id. Because the tree stand at issue sold and shipped before July 13, 2006, the exclusion applied. Webb is distinguishable on its facts. We do not have a dispute over the ambiguity of the Schedule or a fact issue regarding the applicability of the exclusion where the insured entity acquired the business of another entity. Judge Rufe simply applied the unambiguous language of the Designated Product Exclusion and found it applied. Judge Rufe did not determine, because the parties did not argue, whether the insured performed a service rather than a sale or manufacture of a product. We disagree Webb âdetermined a s a matter of lawâ a Designated Products Exclusion bars coverage. The facts and issue are entirely different here. 103Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary https://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/ unabridged/ manufactured (last visited Nov. 4, 2021). 104Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary, https://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/ unabridged /sell (last visited Nov. 4, 2021). 105 Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary, https://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/ unabridged/handled (last visited Nov. 4, 2021). 106 Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary, https://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/ unabridged/distributed (last visited Nov. 4, 2021). 107 Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary, https://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/ unabridged/dispose (last visited Nov. 4, 2021). 108 ISO Form CG 21 34 01 87. 109 ECF Doc. No. 14, Motion for summary judgment ¶ 1. 110 28 U.S.C. § 2201. 111 42 Pa. Cons. Stat. Ann. § 7531, et seq. 112 ECF Doc. No. 16 at 11. Atain contends Pennsylvaniaâs Declaratory Judgment Act âis not at issue in this lawsuit.â Id. At the same time it argues Kaz Tire is not entitled to attorneyâs fees under âthe Declaratory Judgment Actâ to a prevailing insured, citing Pennsylvania law. 113 Precision Door Co., Inc. v. Meridian Mut. Ins. Co., 353 F.Supp.2d 543, 551 (E.D. Pa. 2005) (citing Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Elec. Mfg. Co., 313 U.S. 487 (1941)). 114 Id. at 555 (citing Mosaica Academy Charter Sch. v. Commonwealth, 813 A.2d 813, 822 (Pa. 2002)). 115 ECF Doc. No. 15. 116 Precision Door Co., 353 F. Supp. 2d at 556 (quoting Kelmo Enterprises, Inc. v. Commercial Union Ins., 426 A.2d 680, 684â85 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1981)). See also National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA v. Essex Ins. Co., No. 13-32, 2013 WL 6328792, at *6 (W.D. Pa. Dec. 5, 2013) (Pennsylvania permits an insured to recover attorneyâs fees for prosecuting a declaratory judgment where an insurer refuses to defend the insured in bad faith, citing Kelmo). 117 Precision Door Co., 353 F. Supp. 2d at 556 (quoting Kelmo Enterprises, 426 A.2d at 685).
Case Information
- Court
- E.D. Pa.
- Decision Date
- November 16, 2021
- Status
- Precedential