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CM Report of Recent Decisions – 2016 Vol. 3

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Sidebar: Illinois Supreme Court Strikes A Blow For The Illinois Defense Bar—6-Person Juror Law Held Unconstitutional 

In Volume 4 of our 2014 CM Report, CM partners Scott Ritchie and Sava Vojcanin alerted our friends in the industry to a new piece of legislation reducing the number of jurors in trials from 12 to 6.

CM Report of Recent Decisions – 2016 Vol. 2

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Sidebar: The Wisdom And Efficiency Of Having Separate Appellate Counsel Prosecute And Defend Your Insurance Coverage Appeals

We wish to caution our friends in the industry that now is certainly no time to try to “pinch pennies” and forego the wisdom and efficiency of having separate appellate counsel prosecute and defend your insurance coverage appeals. 

East Coast CM Report of Recent Decisions – 2016 Vol. 2

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New Jersey Supreme Court Joins Majority Of Courts Holding That A GC’s CGL Policy Will Provide Coverage For A Subcontractor’s Defective Work

In Cypress Point Condominium Association, Inc.

East Coast CM Report of Recent Decisions – 2016 Vol. 1

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Bailees Who Purport To Exempt Themselves From All Liability, Even For Their Own Negligence, Run Afoul Of UCC 7-204
In XL Specialty Ins. Co. v. Christie’s Fine Art. Stor.

CM Report of Recent Decisions – 2016 Vol. 1

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*SIDEBAR: Appeals Of Denials Of Summary Judgment In New York: A Powerful Weapon In The Litigation Arsenal
New York is a unique jurisdiction of opportunity in that non-final trial court orders,

East Coast CM Report of Recent Decisions – 2015 Vol. 4

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Checking Lighting Fixtures At A Construction Project Is Routine Maintenance And Not A Protected Activity Under The New York Labor Law
In Guevera v. Simon Prop. Group, Inc.,

CM Report of Recent Decisions – 2015 Vol. 4

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*SIDEBAR: Six-Person Juror Law Held Unconstitutional By Illinois Trial Court
In Volume 4 of our 2014 CM Report, CM partners Scott Ritchie and Sava Vojcanin alerted our friends in the industry to a new piece of legislation reducing the number of jurors in trials from twelve to six.

East Coast CM Report of Recent Decisions – 2015 Volume 3

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Acceptance Of A Check In Full Settlement Of A Claim Only Operates As An Accord And Satisfaction When The Person Receiving … Has Been Clearly Informed Of Same
In reversing an order from the trial court denying the insurer defendant’s motion for summary judgment,

CM Report of Recent Decisions – 2015 Volume 3

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*The Minefield Of Appellate Practice Revisited—In Re: Estate Of York, 2015 IL App. (1st) 132830
The authors of this Sidebar have continually recommended to our friends in the insurance and business industry the necessity of always retaining appellate practitioners to handle any appellate matters.

CM Report of Recent Decisions – 2015 Volume 2

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!*SIDEBAR: Illinois Supreme Court Holds That Wrongful Death Via Suicide Is Not A Cognizable Action In Illinois
On May 21, 2015, the Illinois Supreme Court issued its opinion in Turcios v.