Imperial Casualty & Indemnity Company v. Chicago Housing Authority

BAUER, Chief Judge.

Imperial Casualty Company (“Imperial”) brought a declaratory judgment action to determine whether a policy it issued for the Chicago Housing Authority (“CHA”) cov ered a claim made by a CHA resident, Derrick Hale. Both Imperial and the CHA filed motions for summary judgment. The magistrate judge determined that Imperial did not receive reasonable notice of the claim, and granted summary judgment in its favor. The CHA’s motion for summary judgment was denied. We affirm.

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In 1981 the Hale family moved to an apartment owned and maintained by the CHA. Nine-year-old Derrick Hale…