Insurance Claim – Coverage

By: Derek Hawkins//June 26, 2019//

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WI Supreme Court

Case Name: Leicht Transfer & Storage Company, et al. v. Pallet Central Enterprises, Inc.,

Case No.: 2019 WI 61

Focus: Insurance Claim – Coverage

Pallet Central Enterprises, Inc., (“Pallet Central”) forged certain delivery tickets and used them to bill Leicht Transfer & Storage Company (“Leicht”) for the sale and delivery of pallets that Pallet Central never sold or delivered. This case followed, and in the piece of it we address today, Leicht sought coverage for its losses under the Commercial Crime Insurance Policy issued to it by Hiscox Insurance Company, Inc. (“Hiscox”). Specifically, Leicht asserts that the forged delivery tickets comprise “directions to pay” within the meaning of the “Forgery or Alteration” insuring agreement of the Hiscox policy. We disagree, and so we affirm the court of appeals.

Affirmed

Concur:

Dissent: A.W. WALSH, J. dissents (opinion filed).

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Derek A Hawkins is trademark corporate counsel for Harley-Davidson. Hawkins oversees the prosecution and maintenance of the Harley-Davidson’s international trademark portfolio in emerging markets.

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