HOME INS. CO. v. DUNN

No. 91-3302.

963 F.2d 1023 (1992)

HOME INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Elliott DUNN and Thomas Davis and Julie Lundquist, Guardians ad litem for Dwayne S. Karow, Dwight D. Karow, and Thaddeous J. Karow, minor children, as heirs of the Estate of Dwight Owen Karow, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 13, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald R. Paterson, Jenner & Block, Philip E. Howard, John J. Lynch (argued), Daniel P. Caswell, Haskell & Perrin, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Marvin Glassman, Raben, Formusa & Glassman, Chicago, Ill., Thomas Davis (argued), Julie A. Lundquist, Lundquist & Mitchell, Zion, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, POSNER, Circuit Judge, and NOLAND, Senior District Judge.


BAUER, Chief Judge.

This case involves a dishonest lawyer and an insurance policy providing coverage for legal malpractice. Lawrence M. Cooper is the crooked attorney, who was the president and sole shareholder of the law firm Cooper & Cooper, Ltd. In his position as president, Cooper obtained a legal malpractice insurance policy providing coverage for himself and the twelve other attorneys associated with the firm. At the time Cooper acquired the policy, he was...

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