Legal Opinion
The Home Insurance Company v. Cooper & Cooper, Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 13, 1989No. 88-3389PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Attorney Lawrence M. Cooper embezzled from accounts held by his firm, Cooper & Cooper, Ltd., of which he was sole shareholder. For his sins he is doing time, and his firm has been cast into bankruptcy — a fitting dénouement, for Cooper stole money he held as trustee in other people’s bankruptcies. Cooper & Cooper employed 12 other lawyers, and to protect their interests (as well as his own), Cooper sought malpractice insurance from The Home Insurance Company. The application form asked: “Does any lawyer [in the firm] know of any circumstances, act, error or omission…
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- Barnett v. SternCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
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