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AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee v. ROTH et al

886 N.E.2d 1149 (Appellate Court of Illinois, 2008) An insurer that sued two of its former agents for breach of contract and tortious interference, arising out of agents' solicitation of former customers after termination of the agency using confidential information extracted from insurer's computers, filed declaratory judgment action seeking to establish whether it had a duty to defend agents pursuant to personal and advertising injury coverage in a businessowners liability policy. The Circuit Court, Cook County, William O. Maki, J., awarded summary judgment to insurer, finding no duty to defend. Agents appealed. Holdings: The Appellate Court, South, J., held that: (1) claims in insurer's lawsuit did not fall within scope of personal and advertising injury coverage in agents' liability insurance policy, and (2) claims sounded in breach of contract and trade secret infringement.

Full post as published by The Trade Secrets Vault on June 20, 2008 (boomark / email).