LEXINGTON INS. CO. v. CHICAGO FLAMEPROOF & WOOD

No. 19-1062.

950 F.3d 976 (2020)

LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHICAGO FLAMEPROOF & WOOD SPECIALTIES CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 27, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy J. Collins Cassidy , Matthew J. Fink , Mark John Sobczak , Rebecca E. Bennett , Attorneys, Nicolaides Fink Thorpe Michaelides Sullivan LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Catherine Basque Weiler , Attorney, Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Flaum, Manion, and Barrett, Circuit Judges.


The district court held that Lexington Insurance Company ("Lexington") owed no duty to defend Chicago Flameproof & Wood Specialties Corporation ("Chicago Flameproof") in three underlying lawsuits. We affirm. The underlying complaints do not allege an "occurrence"—or accident— as is required to trigger Lexington...

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