By: Derek Hawkins//May 31, 2016//
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Case Name: Hartford Casualty Insurance Co. v. Karlin, Fleisher & Falkenberg, LLC, et al
Case No.: 15-3417
Officials: BAUER, POSNER, and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.
Focus: Unpaid Wages – Insurance
Insurance company had no duty to defend respondents in breach of contract litigation.
“This case is similar. Fleisher had a contractual claim to compensation for unpaid vacation time and sick leave, and contended that the defendants had refused to honor the claim, thus breaking the contract. But the defendants were not insured against a breach of contract. Hartford therefore had no duty to defend the defendants from having to compensate Fleisher for the breach. Nor was it obligated to pay the defendants’ litigation expenses.”
Affirmed