Silverton Enterprises, Inc. v. General Casualty Co.

Plaintiffs, Silverton Enterprises, Inc., Notrevlis Enterprises, Inc., and Duane Bredeson, president of those companies, seek a declaratory judgment that General Casualty has a duty under two liability policies to defend and indemnify plaintiffs in a pending prosecution by the State of Wisconsin. Silverton and Notrevlis repair automobile transmissions, doing business as "AAMCO Transmissions.” The prosecution is a civil action arising out of plaintiffs’ allegedly unlawful practices when repairing automobiles. The trial court held that by virtue of "care, custody or control” exclusions in the…