United States Seventh Circuit

In a dispute of fees resulting from a class action lawsuit over exposure to contaminants, judgment for defendant is affirmed on grounds that the underlying class action is not covered by the policy, which has an exclusion that bars coverage for all claims for pollution.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/28/2004
• Decided 07/28/2004
• Published 07/28/2004

Judges

• ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, RIPPLE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Gerald E. Ziebell, Karbal, Cohen, Economou, Silk & Dunne, Chicago, IL, Alan R. Lyons (argued), Herrick Feinstein, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellee., F. Thomas Hecht, John P. Buckley (argued), Ungaretti & Harris, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.