BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF UNIVERSITY OF ILL. v. INSURANCE CORP. OF IRELAND, LTD.

Nos. 90-3723, 90-3790.

969 F.2d 329 (1992)

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. INSURANCE CORPORATION OF IRELAND, LIMITED, Defendant-Appellant and Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 20, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis D. Morrissey, Michael A. Pollard, Edward J. Zulkey (argued), John C. Filosa, Baker & McKenzie, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Michael C. Cook, David L. Hartsell, Stephen O'Donnell, McCullough, Campbell & Lane, James R. Denniston, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, Chicago, Ill., Michael L. Cohen, J. Marks Moore, III, Aaron I. Lubling, Gerald D. Freed (argued), Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, Baltimore, Md., for defendant-appellee.

Before CUDAHY, COFFEY, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

In this diversity jurisdiction case,1 we are called upon to decide whether an insurance policy fails to reflect the true intent of the parties as to the limits of coverage, and so should be reformed, or, alternatively, whether the wording of the policy is so ambiguous that the court must divine its meaning. The district court found that the words in the policy were unambiguous, though they failed to reflect the true...

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