Cont'l W. Ins. Co. v. Tony's Finer Foods Enters.

2 Citing cases

  1. Buergofol GmbH v. Omega Liner Co.

    4:22-CV-04112-KES (D.S.D. Jul. 25, 2024)

    []”); see also Wine Ry. Appliance Co. v. Enterprise Ry. Equip. Co., 297 U.S. 387, 393 (1936) (the “issuance of a patent and recordation in the Patent Office constitute notice to the world of its existence[]”); Cont'l W. Ins. Co. v. Tony's Finer Foods Enterprises, Inc., 2023 WL 4351469, at *10 (N.D. Ill. July 5, 2023) (“patents are publicly available information” (citing 37 C.F.R. § 1.11 (2021)).

  2. Shelter Mut. Ins. Co. v. Therapeutic Educ. & Career Servs.

    22-cv-2510-DWD (S.D. Ill. Aug. 3, 2023)

    Illinois courts routinely enforce the type of exclusionary language found in Plaintiff's Employment-Related Practices Exclusions, finding that this language covers claims related to employment relationships between the insured and its employees. See, e.g., Cont'l W. Ins. Co. v. Tony's Finer Foods Enterprises, Inc., No. 22-CV-3575, 2023 WL 4351469, at *11 (N.D. Ill. July 5, 2023) (collecting cases, and noting that courts interpret the plan language of Employment-Related Practices Exclusions to require an act or omission made in the context of an employee's employment and related to the employment performance or targeted in a personal way); State Auto.