Legal Opinion

Twin City Fire Insurance Company v. Country Mutual Insurance Company

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided May 5, 1994No. 93-2684PublishedCited by 86 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POSNER, Chief Judge.

Out of a ghastly accident in 1983 grew a dispute between two liability-insurance companies that was litigated in a federal district court in Illinois under the diversity jurisdiction, resulting in a jury verdict for one of the insurance companies, Twin City, for $336,000, and an appeal by the other, Country Mutual. The accident came about as follows. A school bus owned by an Illinois school district and driven by an employee of the district, Nelma White, collided with an automobile carrying four teenage boys — Larry Hoog-straten (the driver), Paul Jacobsma, Ron Sto-gin,…

2Cases cited46 opinions

  1. Comunale v. Traders & General InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1958
  2. Crisci v. Security InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1967
  3. Hilker v. Western Automobile InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1931
  4. Patricia Burdett v. Robert S. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
  5. Martin v. Federal Life Insurance Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1982

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