CANADIAN UNIVERSAL INS. CO. v. NORTHWEST HOSPITAL, INC.

No. 15918.

389 F.2d 559 (1968)

CANADIAN UNIVERSAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Limited, formerly known as Newfoundland American Insurance Company, Limited, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NORTHWEST HOSPITAL, INC., an Illinois corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

February 7, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph G. Scheu, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

C. Barry Montgomery, Jacobs, Williams & Montgomery, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee. Lloyd E. Williams, Jr., Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Before KILEY, SWYGERT and CUMMINGS, Circuit Judges.


CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

This diversity action sought a declaratory judgment that the plaintiff insurance company was not obligated under a professional liability policy issued to Northwest Hospital, a Chicago institution.

The facts are largely undisputed. On January 7, 1960, Anne Schwartz was injured on a sidewalk in Chicago and became a patient at Northwest Hospital. On her February 12, 1960, discharge from treatment, Mrs. Schwartz fell in the vestibule...

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