Legal Opinion
National American Insurance v. Artisan & Truckers Casualty Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 6, 2015No. 14-2694PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
This case provides a warning for insurance companies who refuse to defend their insureds. On August 23, 2010, Viktor Bar-engolts was driving a tractor-trailer on Route 30 in Wheatland Township, Illinois. That same day, on that same road, Gustavo and Maria Bernal were driving in their pickup truck. Their fates joined when Barengolts’s tractor-trailer rear-ended the Bernals’ truck. Serious injuries and property damage resulted. The Bernals sued.
Whom did they sue? Smartly, everyone. In their Second Amended Complaint, the Bernals first sued Unlimited Carrier— the company…
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- Maryland Casualty Co. v. PeppersIllinois Supreme Court · 1976
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