ERIE INS. GROUP v. SEAR CORP.

No. 96-1831.

102 F.3d 889 (1996)

ERIE INSURANCE GROUP, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SEAR CORPORATION, Larry Bass, and Birch Dalton, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 16, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Trimble (argued) and Richard K. Shoultz, Lewis & Wagner, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Richard A. Cook (argued) and Richard R. Skiles, Skiles & Reed, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., and ESCHBACH, Circuit Judges.


ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge.

Defendants-appellants Sear Corporation, Larry Bass and Birch Dalton (collectively "Sear") appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of plaintiff-appellee Erie Insurance Group ("Erie"). Erie initiated this action against its insured, Alliance Environmental Group ("Alliance"), and Sear, seeking a declaratory judgment that it had no duty to defend or indemnify Alliance in Sear's underlying lawsuit against Alliance. The district...

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