United States Seventh Circuit

Defendant-insurance company is not required to pay the defense costs that plaintiff incurred in an underlying litigation where, under the language of the policy, defendant is only required to cover costs in excess of the limits of its primary policy.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/10/2004
• Decided 03/09/2005
• Published 03/09/2005

Judges

• MANION, Circuit Judge., Before RIPPLE, MANION, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mary R. Alexander (argued), Latham & Watkins, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Perry M. Shorris (argued), Bollinger, Ruberry & Garvey, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.