Legal Opinion
Zurich Insurance Company, Plaintiff-Counterdefendant-Appellee v. The Heil Company, Defendant-Counterplaintiff-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 6, 1987No. 86-1417PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
In this diversity case, Zurich Insurance Company (Zurich) filed a complaint seeking a declaratory judgment against The Heil Insurance Company (Heil) to determine which party, the insured or the excess liability insurer, bears the risk of a primary insurer becoming insolvent. The district court, granting Zurich’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, found that the insured bears that risk. We affirm.
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Facts
The facts in this case are undisputed. Zurich issued Heil four one-year commercial umbrella liability insurance policies providing coverage from 1978-1982 for personal…
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