Legal Opinion

Guaranty Bank v. Chubb Corp.

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided July 17, 2008No. 07-3367PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff in this diversity suit governed by Wisconsin law, Guaranty Bank, appeals from the grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendant, Great Northern Insurance Company. (The plaintiff is no longer seeking relief against the other two defendants, affiliates of Great Northern, and we shall ignore them.) Great Northern had issued a liability insurance policy to Guaranty Bank that covered “advertising injury,” but refused to defend the bank against a suit by Midwest Guaranty Bank, and that refusal, the bank argues, was a breach of the duty to defend created by…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Beanstalk Group, Inc. v. Am General Corporation and General Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
  3. Elliott v. DonahueWisconsin Supreme Court · 1992
  4. Marcial v. Coronet Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
  5. Newhouse Ex Rel. Skow v. Citizens Security Mutual InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1993

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3Cited by32 opinions

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  5. Brown v. Job (In Re Polo Builders, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 2010

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