CINCINNATI INS. CO. v. EASTERN ATLANTIC INS. CO.

No. 00-2576.

260 F.3d 742 (2001)

CINCINNATI INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EASTERN ATLANTIC INSURANCE COMPANY and Integrity Underwriters, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 2, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew D. Walker, Daniel G. Litchfield (argued), Litchfield Cavo, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Terence J. Moran, John K. Hughes (argued), Gessler, Hughes & Socol, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before POSNER, EASTERBROOK, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff in this diversity suit (governed, all agree, by Illinois law) is an insurance company that we'll call "Cincinnati." The complaint seeks a declaration that Cincinnati has no duty to defend the two defendants, "Eastern" and "Integrity," under the basic liability policy that it had issued to them and under an umbrella liability policy that it had issued to Integrity alone. Eastern is another insurance company, while Integrity is an...

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