Legal Opinion
World Water Works Holdings, Inc. v. Cont'l Cas. Co.
District Court, E.D. Illinois
Decided June 24, 2019No. 17 CV 5237PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
John J. Tharp, Jr., United States District Judge
In March 2017, a shareholder derivative lawsuit was filed in federal court in New Jersey against World Water Works Holdings, Inc. ("World Water") and three individual members of its board of directors. At the time, World Water was covered by a liability insurance policy issued by Continental Casualty Co. ("Continental"). World Water asserts that, under the policy, Continental has a duty to defend that lawsuit, while Continental denies that it has any such duty. Accordingly, World Water brought this action against Continental, seeking, among…
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