Mesa Laboratories, Inc. v. Federal Insurance Company

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION MESA LABORATORIES, Inc., ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) 19 C 2340 ) FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, ) Judge John Z. Lee ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff Mesa Laboratories, Inc. (“Mesa”) sterilizes medical devices. To promote its services, Mesa faxed unsolicited ads to dozens of dentists and their assistants. When one of those dentists initiated a class action lawsuit, Mesa turned to its liability insurer, Federal Insurance Company (“Federal”), for help. But Federal declined. Having spent…