Legal Opinion
American Casualty Company of Reading, Pennsylvania v. B. Cianciolo, Inc., and the Cianciolo Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 18, 1993No. 91-3821PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
During the evening of December 4, 1980, a fire swept through the building housing a wholesale produce business in Wisconsin. The firms notified their insurer, American Casualty Company (which we call CNA, its trade name). Sandy Cianciolo, the general manager of the insured firms, agreed with CNA’s inspector that the fire’s multiple points of origin implied arson. CNA launched an investigation. Meanwhile Cianciolo (as we call the two corporations collectively) had trouble substantiating its claims of loss: most of its records had been destroyed in the fire. Although…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Gallick v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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- Robert J. Will, Cross-Appellees v. Comprehensive Accounting Corporation, CrossCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
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