Legal Opinion
The Continental Corporation v. The Aetna Casualty & Surety Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 14, 1990No. 88-3165PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises from a diversity action between two major insurance companies involving the interpretation of the terms of a fidelity bond issued by Aetna Casualty & Surety Company (“Aetna”) to Continental Corporation (“Continental”). Continental sought indemnification from Aetna for significant losses it sustained due to the malfeasance of a former corrupt employee of its subsidiary, American Title Insurance (“American”). The former employee is now serving time for issuing fraudulent title insurance commitments and policies. The district court ruled that the…
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