Legal Opinion
Auto-Owners Insurance v. Websolv Computing, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 1, 2009No. 07-3286PublishedCited by 131 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
This insurance-coverage dispute involves the interpretation of an “advertising inju ry” clause in a commercial general liability policy. Websolv Computing, Inc., was sued in Illinois state court for sending an unsolicited fax advertisement to a dental office. Websolv tendered the defense of this suit to its insurer, Auto-Owners Insurance Company, which accepted it under a reservation of rights. Auto-Owners then filed this action in federal court seeking a declaratory judgment that it had no duty to defend Websolv in the underlying Illinois suit. The district court applied…
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