Legal Opinion
Perma-Pipe, Inc. v. Liberty Surplus Insurance
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided April 21, 2014No. 13 C 2898PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
RONALD A. GUZMAN, United States District Judge
Perma-Pipe, Inc. has sued Liberty Surplus Insurance Company for breaching the parties’ insurance contract (Count I) and for doing so in bad faith in violation of the Illinois Insurance Code (Count II). Per-ma-Pipe has filed a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (“Rule”) 56 motion for summary judgment on the contract claim. For the reasons set forth below, the Court grants the motion.
Facts
Perma-Pipe purchased a commercial general liability policy from Liberty with a per occurrence limit of $1 million and an aggregate limit…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. PeppersIllinois Supreme Court · 1976
- Townsend v. Sears, Roebuck and Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 2007
- Lapham-Hickey Steel Corp. v. Protection Mutual InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1995
- Christopher J. Michas v. Health Cost Controls of Illinois, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
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