NORTHFIELD INS. CO. v. CITY OF WAUKEGAN

Nos. 11-1215, 11-3729.

701 F.3d 1124 (2012)

NORTHFIELD INSURANCE COMPANY and St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF WAUKEGAN, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 21, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey M. Alperin (argued), Attorney, Tressler LLP, Bolingbrook, IL, Michael J. Duffy , Attorney, Tressler LLP, Chicago, IL, Miguel Juarez (argued), for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Paulette A. Petretti (argued), Attorney, Scariano, Himes & Petrarca, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before CUDAHY, KANNE, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Northfield Insurance Company and St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company (collectively, the "insurers") provided law enforcement liability coverage to the city of Waukegan, Illinois, and its employees acting within the scope of employment. In 2009, Bennie Starks filed a civil rights suit against the city and a handful of current and former Waukegan police officers, among others, alleging that each played a role in his decades-old wrongful...

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