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ROCKFORD MUT. INS. CO. v. AMERISURE INS. CO.

No. 90-1050.

925 F.2d 193 (1991)

ROCKFORD MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERISURE INSURANCE COMPANY and Michigan Mutual Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 15, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathryn A. Spalding, Nancy G. Lischer, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago, Ill., Brian K. McBrearty, Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann, Hoban & Fuller, Belleville, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert W. Wilson, John R. Abell, Evans & Dixon, Edwardsville, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUDAHY and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and WILL, Senior District Judge.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

The issue before us in this appeal involves the reach of Illinois' res judicata doctrine. Specifically, we must decide whether an insurer that settles a suit brought against its putative insured can later sue another insurer concerning coverage of that liability, notwithstanding the second insurer's involvement in the original litigation.

Ronald McCain filed suit in state court for personal...

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