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- Title: Dixon Distributing Company v. Hanover
- Author : Supreme Court of Illinois
- Release Date : January 26, 1994
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 70 KB
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JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court: This appeal involves a coverage dispute between plaintiff, Dixon Distributing Co. (Dixon), and one of its insurers. The dispute
originated between the parties when Patrick Hanneken filed a retaliatory discharge action against Dixon. Dixon thereafter
sought a declaratory judgment that defendants, Commercial Union Insurance Company (Commercial), Hanover Insurance Company
(Hanover), Massachusetts Bay Insurance Company (Massachusetts), and International Insurance Company (International), must
defend and indemnify it against the underlying retaliatory discharge action. The circuit court entered summary judgment in
favor of defendants, finding there could be no insurance coverage for the underlying claim and, hence, no duty to defend on
the part of the various insurance companies. The appellate court affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded. (244 Ill.
App. 3d 837.) We allowed International's petition for leave to appeal (134 Ill. 2d R. 315(a)) and now affirm the judgment
of the appellate court.