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Continental Casualty Co. v. Old Republic Insurance

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Feb 20, 2009
315 F. App'x 232 (11th Cir. 2009)

Opinion

No. 08-10216.

February 20, 2009.

Nicholas A. Shannin, Brian W. Bennett, Page, Eichenblatt, Bernbaum Bennett, P.A., Orlando, FL, Eileen H. De Callies, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Thomas E. Ashe, Anne Catherine Sullivan, Gaebe, Mullen, Antonelli, Esco Dimatteo, Coral Gables, FL, Greg Gaebe, Gaebe, Murphy, et al., Coral Gables, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. D.C. Docket No. 06-22628-CV-FAM.

Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, ANDERSON, Circuit Judge, and COHILL, District Judge.

Honorable Maurice B. Cohill, Jr., United States District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, sitting by designation.


Under the circumstances of this case, and in light of the fact that the escape clause appeared in an endorsement to the Old Republic policy, we cannot conclude that the district court erred. Accordingly, the judgment of the district courtis

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

Continental Casualty Co. v. Old Republic Insurance

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Feb 20, 2009
315 F. App'x 232 (11th Cir. 2009)
Case details for

Continental Casualty Co. v. Old Republic Insurance

Case Details

Full title:CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, an Illinois corporation…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

Date published: Feb 20, 2009

Citations

315 F. App'x 232 (11th Cir. 2009)

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