United States Seventh Circuit
Auto-Owners Ins. Co. v. Websolv Computing, Inc., 07-3286
In an insurance-coverage dispute involving the interpretation of an "advertising injury" clause in a commercial general liability policy, district court's judgment is reversed where Iowa law, and not Illinois law, applies in this case as the court was not required to apply the substantive law of the forum state in a diversity case, and the parties had stipulated that Iowa law should control their dispute. Under Iowa law the insurance policy does not require plaintiff to defend defendant in the underlying suit.
Appellate Information
- Decided 09/01/2009
- Published 09/01/2009
Judges
- SYKES, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and CUDAHY and SYKES, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Seventh Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Robert M. Chemers, Attorney, David S. Osborne, Attorney (argued), Pretzel & Stouffer, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- James K. Borcia, Attorney, Tressler, Soderstrom, Maloney & Priess, Daniel A. Edelman, Attorney (argued), Edelman, Combs & Latturner, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.