United States Seventh Circuit

In a suit seeking to recover damages from defendants-insurers for their failure to defend and indemnify plaintiff during a suit over the marketing of a synthetic thyroid drug, summary judgment for plaintiff is reversed and remanded where the terms of the insurance policies, as a matter of law, did not obligate the insurers to defend or indemnify plaintiff.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/30/2007
• Decided 04/14/2008
• Published 04/14/2008

Judges

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

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Alan J. Martin (argued) of Barnes & Thornburg, LLP, Chicago, IL; James C. Schroeder and Stanley C. Nardoni of Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee BASF AG., Edward M. Kay and Melinda S. Kollross (argued) of Clausen Miller P.C., Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Great American Assurance Co., Todd S. Schenk (argued), Judith Fournie Helms, D.J. Sartorio, and Erin L. Majka of Tressler, Soderstrom, Maloney & Priess LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Federal Ins. Co., Jonathan D. Hacker (argued), Mark S. Davies, Shannon R. Pazur, and Scott M. Edson of O'Melveny & Meyers LLP, Washington, DC; Martin S. Checov of O'Melveny & Meyers LLP, San Francisco, CA; and Michael S. Knippen, Clay H. Phillips, Lisa J. Smuckler, Krista R. Frick, and Elise N. Victor of Bollinger Ruberry & Garvey, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Westchester Fire Ins. Co.