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· 7/22/2010

Auto-Owners Insurance v. Munroe

Citations

  • 614 F.3d 322
  • 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 15062
  • 2010 WL 2852611

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  • following the accident of a tractor trailer, the policy 10 unambiguously limits coverage to $1,000,000
  • following the accident of a tractor trailer, the policy unambiguously limits coverage to $1,000,000
  • following the accident of a tractor trailer, the policy unambiguously limits coverage to $1,000,000
  • “Like any contract [under Illinois law], an insurance policy is construed according to the plain and ordinary meaning of its unambiguous terms.”
  • “[T]he MCS-90 does not modify the terms of the policy, but instead obliges the insurer to pay up to $750,000 of a final judgment regardless of the terms of the policy.”
  • “Under this suretyship, the insurer is only obliged to pay what the insured actually owes, and then only if that debt arises from a final judgment.” (citing Carolina Cas. Ins. Co. v. Yeates, 584 F.3d 868, 881 (10th Cir. 2009)

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Judges: Ripple, Manion, Sykes

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