VALERIO v. HOME INS. CO.

No. 95-1593.

80 F.3d 226 (1996)

Martha VALERIO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HOME INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 3, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis J. Mank, F.M. Van Hecke (argued), Van Hecke & Mank, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Thomas J. Binder, Peter D. Alberg (argued), Otje, Van Ert, Stangle, Lieb & Weir, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, CUDAHY and COFFEY, Circuit Judges.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Martha Valerio was involved in a car accident in which she suffered a severe spinal cord injury that left her a quadriplegic. Although her spinal cord was not severed in the accident, she did suffer a severance of neurons within her spine that caused her to lose permanently the use of her legs. Valerio filed a claim with the Home Insurance Company under her policy that provided coverage for loss of limb resulting from "actual severance through...

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