Legal Opinion
Patel v. United Fire & Casualty Co.
District Court, N.D. Indiana
Decided January 25, 2000No. 1:98:CV-0323PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER
WILLIAM C. LEE, Chief Judge.
After their restaurant was destroyed in a fire, Plaintiffs, Mahendra D. Patel and Nila Patel (“the Patels”) claimed insurance coverage through the two defendants, United Fire and Casualty Company (“United Fire”) and Commercial Union Midwest Insurance Company (“Commercial Union”). When coverage was denied from both sources, the Patels brought this diversity action alleging that United Fire and Commercial Union had each breached their insurance contracts and denied them coverage in bad faith. On August 16, 1999, Commercial Union was…
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