Legal Opinion
SBC Holdings, Inc. v. Travelers Casualty & Surety Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided May 29, 2007No. 1-05-0883PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JUSTICE ROBERT E. GORDON
delivered the opinion of the court:
The central issue in this case is whether defendant Travelers Casualty and Surety Company (Travelers) had a duty to defend its insured, plaintiff SBC Holdings, Inc. (SBC), in an underlying suit against SBC alleging racial discrimination. In 1987, City and Suburban Distributors (C&S) sued the Stroh Brewery Co. (subsequently renamed SBC) in the circuit court of Cook County. Following removal of the action to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, C&S filed a second amended complaint alleging that SBC…
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