American Insurance Corp., a New Jersey Corp. v. Dorothy Sederes

FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.

Dorothy Sederes appeals from a judgment entered by a magistrate 1 which declared that plaintiff did not issue an insurance policy under which it owed a duty to provide worker’s compensation coverage arising from the death of Chester Sederes. 2 Mrs. Sederes contends that the policy did, in fact, cover her husband, who was killed while piloting a charter flight on November 18, 1981. Jurisdiction is founded in diversity, and all parties agree that Illinois law governs.

Chester Sederes began working as a charter pilot for Synergistic Flight Systems (Flight) on…