Legal Opinion
Forum Insurance v. Ranger Insurance
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided April 10, 1989No. 88 C 2458PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
NORDBERG, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
The plaintiff, Forum Insurance Co., filed this diversity action against Ranger Insurance Co., asking that Ranger be required to share with Forum the costs of defending a mutual insured, Desnoyers & Associates, Inc. and Richard Desnoyers (collectively, Desnoyers). 1 In Count I Forum seeks a declaratory judgment that Ranger was obligated to defend Desnoyers and that Ranger pay, under a theory of contribution, a share of past and future expenses incurred in defending Desnoyers. In Count II Forum seeks an identical declaratory…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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- Briscoe v. LaHueSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Briscoe v. LahueCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
- Andrew Powe v. The City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
- Zurich Insurance Co. v. Raymark Industries, Inc.Illinois Supreme Court · 1987
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