Legal Opinion
Santa's Best Craft, LLC v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 1, 2010No. 08-3572, 08-3773PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
This is an insurance case about twinkling Christmas lights. JLJ, Inc. and its licensee Inliten, LLC (collectively JLJ) sued Santa’s Best Craft, LLC (SBC) over its marketing of “Stay-On” lights. The present case is about an insurer’s duties to SBC and others in that underlying action.
JLJ alleged that SBC copied JLJ’s “Stay Lit” lights packaging design and that SBC sold Stay-On lights using false and deceptive language. SBC asked its insurer, St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company (St. Paul), for a defense and then sued St. Paul when none was forthcoming. St. Paul…
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