Legal Opinion
Lee N. Mortenson v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 4, 2001No. 00-1733PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This is a diversity suit, governed by Illinois law, seeking the proceeds of a directors’ and officers’ liability policy. The plaintiff, Lee Mortenson, who was the president of Opelika Manufacturing Company, appeals from the grant of summary judgment to the insurance company. The appeal requires us to determine whether the statutory penalty imposed on responsible persons for willful nonpayment of payroll taxes is a “penalty” within the meaning of an exclusion in the D & 0 policy.
The policy, issued in 1982, covers claims made between August 1982 and August 1985 that…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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