United States Seventh Circuit

Summary judgment for defendant-insurer in a claim for damages incurred relating to HIV infection is affirmed where the assignor of rights to pursue bad faith or vexatious refusal to pay claims against defendant was not an insured under defendant's policy terms.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/06/2005
• Published 12/06/2005

Judges

• COFFEY, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, COFFEY and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John S. Wallach (argued), Michael A. Gross, St. Louis, MO, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• William J. Knapp (argued), Burroughs, Hepler, Broom, Macdonald & Hebrank, Elizabeth A. Bradley, Knap, Ohl & Green, Edwardsville, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.