CRAFT v. ECONOMY FIRE & CAS. CO.

No. 77-1683.

572 F.2d 565 (1978)

Fred J. CRAFT, Irene Craft, and Joanne Craft, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ECONOMY FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 24, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander Lysohir, South Bend, Ind., for plaintiffs-appellants.

William J. Reinke, Lawrence C. DiNardo, South Bend, Ind., for defendant-appellee.

Before CASTLE, Senior Circuit Judge, WOOD, Circuit Judge, and WYZANSKI, Senior District Judge.


HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

The question presented on appeal is whether the district court properly granted defendant-appellee's motion for a summary judgment in a diversity action alleging tortious breach of contract by an insurance company in handling a claim by plaintiff-appellant under the uninsured motorist provisions of an automobile insurance policy. We reverse.

On July 14, 1973 Economy Fire & Casualty Company (Economy) issued an automobile...

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