Legal Opinion
Essex Insurance Company v. Stage 2, Incorporated, an Illinois Corporation, and Drew Lucht
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 20, 1994No. 92-2870PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge.
In October 1990, Essex Insurance Company filed a declaratory judgment action, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201 and 2202, against Stage 2, Inc. and Drew Lucht under diversity jurisdiction. Essex sought a declaration that it had no duty to defend or indemnify its insured Stage 2 with respect to a lawsuit brought by Lucht against Stage 2. The district court granted summary judgment to Essex and Lucht appealed. 1 We now affirm.
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On January 6, 1989, two patrons of Stage 2, a teenage nightclub in Springfield, Illinois, assaulted Lucht. Lucht sued those individuals and Stage 2 in…
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