Denham v. La Salle-Madison Hotel Co.

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• explaining that a fire that damaged property in numerous hotel rooms was a single occurrence
• explaining that a fire that damaged property in numerous hotel rooms was a single occurrence
• “Defendant’s theory would produce the incongruous situation that plaintiff would have a continuing obligation to defend, notwithstanding its obligation to pay has been exhausted.”
• tanker owned by insured collided with ferry, causing death or injury to several persons
• “’The proximate cause is the efficient cause, the one that necessarily sets the other causes in operation.’” (quoting Aetna Ins. Co. v. Boon, 95 U.S. 117, 130 (1877))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).