Legal Opinion

Hartford Insurance Company of the Southeast v. Occidental Fire & Casualty Company of North Carolina

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided July 27, 1990No. 89-3598PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

This diversity case involves an insurance coverage dispute. Hartford Insurance Company seeks indemnification from defendant Occidental Insurance Company for claims arising from an accident involving a truck tractor leased to Hartford’s insured. Occidental insured the truck’s owner. The district court granted summary judgment for Occidental on the ground that its policy excluded coverage because Hartford’s insured was using the vehicle in its business at the time of the accident. Hartford appeals; we affirm.

I

The facts are stipulated. On September 10, 1985, John Dunn,…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
  2. American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  3. Transamerican Freight Lines, Inc. v. Brada Miller Freight Systems, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
  4. Lawver v. BolingWisconsin Supreme Court · 1976
  5. Arkwright-Boston Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Company, Cross-Appellant v. Wausau Paper Mills Company, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Erie Insurance Group v. Sear Corporation, Larry Bass, and Birch DaltonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
  2. Empire Fire and Marine Ins. Co. v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co.Court of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1997
  3. Clarendon National Insurance v. MedinaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2011
  4. Empire Fire & Marine Insurance v. Brantley Trucking, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
  5. Alexander Lifson v. Ina Life Insurance Company of New York, Cigna Life of New York, and the Mony Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2003

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