INDIANA INS. CO. v. PANA COMM. UNIT SCH. DIST. #8

No. 98-CV-3121.

173 F.Supp.2d 835 (2001)

INDIANA INSURANCE COMPANY, an Indiana Corporation, Plaintiff, v. PANA COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 8, Defendant. Pana Community Unit School District No. 8, Third Party Plaintiff, v. Richard A. Lees, Siegert-Lees Insurance, Insurance Management Bureau a/k/a Independent Risk Managers, Inc., Third Party Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. Illinois, Springfield Division.

November 29, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent Patrick Cook, Peter W Schoonmaker, Tonya Marie McCarty, Condon & Cook, Chicago, IL, for Indiana Insurance Co., Indiana Corporation.

Robert V. Ogren, Woodlands, TX, for Anthem Inc.

Everett E. Nicholas, Jr., Lise Alexandra Peters, Robbins Schwartz Nicholas Lifton & Taylor, Decatur, IL, Robert E. Riley, Lorence Slutzky, Robbins Schwartz Nicholas Lifton & Taylor Ltd, Chicago, IL, for School Dist 8 Pana Community Unit.

Michael T. Kokal, Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, Springfield, IL, Stephen R. Kaufmann, Thomas H Wilson, Sorling Northrup Hanna Cullen & Cochran, Springfield, IL, for Insurance Management Bureau.

Gary S. Schwab, Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, Springfield, IL, for Richard A Lees.

Gary S. Schwab, Everett E. Nicholas, Jr., Lise Alexandra Peters, Robbins Schwartz Nicholas Lifton & Taylor, Decatur, IL, Robert E. Riley, Lorence Slutzky, Robbins Schwartz Nicholas Lifton & Taylor Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Siegert Lees Insurance.


OPINION

MILLS, District Judge.

A condemned school building burns down.

The school district seeks $4.5 million to have the building replaced, but the insurer claims that it should only have to pay $50,000 in demolition and removal costs.

Because the policy unambiguously limits liability, summary judgment must be entered for the insurer.

FACTS

Pana Community Unit School District No. 8 ("Pana") operates several schools...

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