R.C. WEGMAN CONST. CO. v. ADMIRAL INS. CO.

No. 11-2836.

687 F.3d 362 (2012)

R.C. WEGMAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ADMIRAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 19, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Dahl (submitted), Attorney, Dahl & Bonadies, LLC, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Terrence J. Madden , Attorney, Bryce Downey, LLC, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and POSNER and TINDER, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is a sequel to our decision last year reported at 629 F.3d 724 (7th Cir.2011), in which we reversed the dismissal of Wegman's suit against its primary insurance carrier, Admiral; the suit charges Admiral with having failed to discharge its duty of good faith to its insured by (as we put it in another case) "gambl[ing] with the insured's money by forgoing reasonable opportunities to settle a claim...

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