Seventh Circuit: Zurich American Insurance Com v. Ocwen Financial Corporation

 

At the pleadings stage, insurer did not have the duty to defend, since the natural reading of the specific conduct in the pleadings established that the complained-of conduct violated laws that were within the explicit policy exclusions, and allegations that might encompass conduct outside the exceptions were, under the state's laws, legal labels that were meaningless until defined by the facts at trial.


Zurich American Insurance Com v.  Ocwen Financial Corporation