Legal Opinion

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Automobile Underwriters, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided February 8, 1967No. 15831PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HASTINGS, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court in a diversity action for declaratory judgment brought by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, an Illinois corporation, against Automobile Underwriters, Inc., an Indiana corporation.

The district court held that Underwriters had a duty to defend a negligence action instituted against the driver of a car belonging to one of Underwriters’ insureds, and to pay any judgment and costs against the driver in such action not exceeding $25,000.

James W. Odie, a student at the University of Arizona, used and…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Standard Accident Insurance Company v. New Amsterdam Casualty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1957
  2. American Employers' Insurance v. CornellIndiana Supreme Court · 1948
  3. Horace A. Arnold, as Administrator of the Estate of Robert Eugene Arnold v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1958
  4. Mercer Casualty Co. v. KreamerIndiana Court of Appeals · 1937

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Indiana Insurance v. Noble Ex Rel. JordanIndiana Court of Appeals · 1970
  2. Simpson v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.District Court, S.D. Indiana · 1970
  3. Charles Edward Riehl v. National Mutual Insurance Company, Gertrude Riehl v. National Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1967
  4. Larry Gillen v. Globe Indemnity CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
  5. Vantine v. Aetna Casualty & Surety CompanyDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 1971

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