General Insurance Co. of America v. Clark Mall Corp.

SYKES, Circuit Judge.

General Insurance Company of America filed this declaratory-judgment action to determine whether it must defend and indemnify its insured, Discount Mega Mall Corporation (“Discount Mall”), and its principals in an Illinois state-court lawsuit. On Discount Mall’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, the district court determined that General Insurance owed a duty to defend under Illinois law. At General Insurance’s request, the court entered its duty-to-defend order as a final judgment to facilitate an immediate appeal. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 54(b); 28 U.S.C. § 1291. But much…