United States Seventh Circuit

In a dispute over disability insurance coverage, summary judgment in favor of defendant-insurer is affirmed where the illness resulting from a past injury suffered by plaintiff was the proximate cause of his disability, rather than the injury itself, which limited the amount of his recovery under the terms of the policy.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/05/2007
• Decided 02/25/2008
• Published 02/25/2008

Judges

• EVANS, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, EVANS, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James J. Stamos (argued), Stamos & Trucco LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael J. Smith, Warren von Schleicher (argued), Smith, von Schleicher & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.