Legal Opinion

Scottish Guarantee Insurance Company, Limited v. Dennis B. Dwyer

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided March 18, 1994No. 92-4142PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

This diversity case requires us to consider a question we reserved in Pipefitters Welfare Educ. Fund v. Westchester Fire Ins. Co., 976 F.2d 1037 (7th Cir.1992) — whether allegations of negligent trespass to property constitute a “wrongful entry” under the “personal injury” portion of a commercial insurance policy. We were able to sidestep this question under Illinois and Missouri law in Pipe-fitters because the definition of a “personal injury” in the policy there was not limited to either a wrongful entry or an eviction; it also encompassed “other…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Kremers-Urban Co. v. American Employers Insurance Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1984
  2. Elliott v. DonahueWisconsin Supreme Court · 1992
  3. La Preferida, Inc., an Illinois Corporation v. Cerveceria Modelo, S.A. De C v. a Mexican CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
  4. Titan Holdings Syndicate, Inc. v. The City of Keene, New HampshireCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
  5. Smith v. Atlantic Mutual InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1990

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. The Lexington Insurance Company v. Rugg & Knopp, Inc., and the Salt Lake City CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
  2. Kitsap County v. Allstate InsuranceWashington Supreme Court · 1998
  3. Kitsap County v. Allstate Ins. Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1998
  4. Piper Jaffray Companies, Inc. v. Nat. Union Fire Ins. Co.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1997
  5. Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Summit Corp. of AmericaIndiana Court of Appeals · 1999

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