United States Seventh Circuit
SCOTTSDALE INS. CO. v. SUBSCRIPTION PLUS, INC., 01-3484
A liability insurance company had a duty to defend its insured against potentially "bad" claims based on the tort liability of its driver (resulting in criminal charges), even where the driver's acts may have been a superseding cause and the insureds could not have possibly lost a suit against them.
Appellate Information
- Decided 07/15/2002
- Published 07/15/2002
Judges
- POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and WOOD, JR., and POSNER, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Seventh Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Michael Fitzpatrick,Brennan, Steil, Basting & MacDougall, Janesville, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Robert W. Dace, McAfee & Taft, Oklahoma City, OK, for Defendants-Appellees.