MEDICAL PROTECTIVE CO. v. AMERICAN INT'L SPECIALTY

No. 18-1737.

911 F.3d 438 (2018)

The MEDICAL PROTECTIVE COMPANY OF FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SPECIALTY LINES INSURANCE COMPANY, now known as AIG Specialty Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 18, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Richard Gerstein , Attorney, CLYDE & COMPANY US LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Matthew J. Fink , Attorney, Charles A. Hafner , Attorney, Kimberly A. Hartman , Attorney, NICOLAIDES FINK THORPE MICHAELIDES SULLIVAN, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Flaum, Manion, and St. Eve, Circuit Judges.


In 2002, thirty-six-year-old Vicki Bramlett died from complications following routine surgery. Mrs. Bramlett's family sued Dr. Benny Phillips, her treating physician. Dr. Phillips's malpractice insurer, the Medical Protective Company of Fort Wayne, Indiana ("MedPro"), twice refused to settle the case for $200,000, Dr. Phillips...

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