Legal Opinion
Paul Patz v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 17, 1994No. 93-2135PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company appeals from a judgment in favor of its insureds (the Patz family and their corporation), rendered after a jury trial. The appeal requires us to interpret a pollution-exclusion clause found in many liability insurance policies. Federal jurisdiction is based on diversity of citizenship, and the substantive issues are governed by the law of Wisconsin.
In the northern Wisconsin town of Pound, the family Patz has a substantial although not sophisticated business of manufacturing farm equipment. Founded by a Patz whose formal education…
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