No. 18-24

Shannon Hyland v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2018-07-03
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: appellate-review breach-of-contract causation civil-procedure duty-to-defend fact-finding insurance insurance-coverage insurance-litigation judgment-vacatur judicial-proceedings summary-judgment uninsured-motorist
Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Court of Appeals so far departed from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings when it deliberately removed relevant and uncontested facts from a breach of contract case, denied that a party made an extensive argument based upon those facts, and then vacated a $4.6 million judgment against the insurance company on grounds that relies upon the absence of those facts.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Court of Appeals so far departed from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings when it deliberately removed relevant and uncontested facts from a breach of contract case, denied that a party made an extensive argument based upon those facts, and then vacated a $4.6 million judgment against the insurance company on grounds that relies upon the absence of those facts

Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-08-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-08-01
Brief of respondent Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company in opposition filed.
2018-06-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 2, 2018)

Attorneys

Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Lynn H. MurraySHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P., Respondent
Shannon Hyland
Jay H. JanssenJanssen Law Center, Petitioner