Legal Opinion
Rock River Savings & Loan Ass'n v. American States Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 22, 1979No. 78-1457PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises from a diversity action brought by the Rock River Savings and Loan Association against American States Insurance Company. The Association alleged that it had suffered a loss due to the fraudulent conduct of five of its former officers, and that this loss was compensable under a surety bond issued by American States. The insurance company subsequently joined as third party defendants the five former officers and the Association’s accountants, Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Company. When the primary action between American states and the Association was…
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