Legal Opinion
Cincinnati Insurance Company v. G. Timothy Leighton
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 8, 2005No. 03-4334, 04-1153PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
The Cincinnati Insurance Company issued a financial responsibility bond guaranteeing that Dixie Management Group, Inc., would deliver to the State of Illinois taxes collected on sales of motor fuel at Dixie’s truck stops. Cincinnati surrendered the bond amount to the state after Dixie incurred a substantial tax liability and declared bankruptcy; Cincinnati then brought this suit in diversity seeking indemnity from Timothy Leighton, a former Dixie executive who signed Dixie’s bond application as an individual indemnitor for Cincinnati but was fired from…
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