Legal Opinion
Fred J. Craft, Irene Craft, and Joanne Craft v. Economy Fire & Casualty Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 24, 1978No. 77-1683PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
The question presented on appeal is whether the district court properly granted defendant-appellee’s motion for a summary judgment in a diversity action alleging tor-tious breach of contract by an insurance company in handling a claim by plaintiff-appellant under the uninsured motorist provisions of an automobile insurance policy. We reverse.
On July 14,1973 Economy Fire & Casualty Company (Economy) issued an automobile insurance policy to Fred Craft for a one year period ending July 14, 1974. Under Part IV of the policy, Economy agreed to pay certain sums…
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