ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF JOLIET, INC. v. INTERSTATE FIRE INS. CO.

No. 1-95-2348.

685 N.E.2d 932 (1997)

292 Ill. App.3d 447

226 Ill.Dec. 477

The ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF JOLIET, INC., a Trust, Plaintiff-Appellee (Alan Godfrey Lee, for Himself and as Representative of Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London, Signatory to Policy No. IL 1052 and Centennial Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees), v. INTERSTATE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

September 8, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Querry & Harrow, Chicago (Michael Resis, Randy S. Schreiber, of counsel), and Onebane, Bernard, Torian, Diaz, McNamara & Abell, LaFayette, LA (Timothy J. McNamara, of counsel), for Defendants-Appellant.

Lord Bissell & Brook, Chicago (Hugh C. Griffin, Catalina J. Sugayan, Leslie J. Rosen, of counsel), Chicago, and James C. Byrne & Associates, Joliet (James C. Byrne, Joliet, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.


Justice O'BRIEN delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Interstate Fire Insurance Company (Interstate), appeals from orders entered on cross-motions for summary judgment in a declaratory action determining (1) that the repeated sexual molestation of a minor by a negligently supervised priest affiliated with the plaintiff, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet, Illinois, a trust (Diocese), constituted a single "occurrence" under policies issued by the defendants...

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