Legal Opinion
Lexmark International, Inc. v. Transportation Insurance
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided December 19, 2001No. 1-01-0719, 1-01-0962 consPublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wolfson
The question before us is whether two insurance companies had a contractual duty to defend their insured in underlying causes of action. To answer that question we have to test the tensile strength of factual allegations of the complaints filed against the insured in California and Kentucky courts.
INTRODUCTION
In December 1999, plaintiff Lexmark International, Inc. (Lexmark), filed a second amended complaint for declaratory judgment against defendants Transportation Insurance Company (Transportation) and American Motorists Insurance Company (AMIGO) (collectively, the Insurers) seeking a…
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