Money Damages – Duty to Defend

By: Derek Hawkins//February 8, 2017//

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WI Court of Appeals – District III

Case Name: MillerCoors, LLC v. Millis Transfer Inc. et al

Case No.: 2015AP1894

Officials: Stark, P.J., Hruz and Seidl, JJ.

Focus: Money Damages – Duty to Defend

Millis Transfer, Inc. (Millis) and its insurer, Zurich American Insurance Company (Zurich), appeal a summary judgment awarding money damages in favor of MillerCoors, LLC (MillerCoors). Millis and Zurich argue the circuit court erred in determining Millis breached its contractual duty to MillerCoors by failing to defend and indemnify MillerCoors in a negligence suit brought by one of Millis’s employees. MillerCoors cross-appeals seeking additional damages. We affirm.

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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