First National Bank of Manitowoc, Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Cincinnati Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellant/cross-Appellee

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• holding a bank’s extension of credit based on forged lease documents “easily fit[s] within [Insuring Agreement E’s] coverage language”
• acknowledging that the traditional rule of construing any ambiguity in favor of coverage does not apply because the standard fidelity bond is drafted by representatives from both the banking and insurance industries
• holding Exclusion H does not apply where employees were merely negligent
• applying Wisconsin law: “If the language of the policy is plain and unambiguous, it is enforced as written, without resort to rules of construction.”
• applying Wisconsin law: “If the language of the policy is plain and unambiguous, it is enforced as written, without resort to rules of construction.”
• applying Wisconsin law: “If the language of the policy is plain and unambiguous, it is enforced as written, without resort to rules of construction.”

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