Legal Opinion
Curtis-Universal, Inc. v. Sheboygan Emergency Medical Services, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 14, 1994No. 94-1858PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
We are asked to decide whether an insurance company (First National Insurance Company of America) that has promised to indemnify its insured for liability resulting from the infliction of “advertising injury” has a duty under the law of Wisconsin to defend the insured against a wide-ranging antitrust and tort suit. The district judge held that there was no duty and granted a declaratory judgment to that effect to the insurance company, which had intervened in the suit. 844 F.Supp. 492 (E.D.Wis.1994). The insured— an ambulance service in Sheboygan, Wisconsin that does…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Kremers-Urban Co. v. American Employers Insurance Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1984
- Dale S. Rice v. Nova Biomedical Corporation and Robert ChristopherCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- Elliott v. DonahueWisconsin Supreme Court · 1992
- Weiss v. WiederlightSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
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3Cited by45 opinions
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- Peaceable Planet, Inc. v. Ty, Inc. And H. Ty WarnerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004
- Continental Casualty Company v. Anderson Excavating & Wrecking CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
- USX Corp. v. Adriatic Insurance Co.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 2000
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