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‘Executed’ Requirement In Insurance

The 2nd District Appellate Court recently held that a general contractor was an additional insured under a subcontractor’s liability policy, even though the subcontract agreement requiring that the general to be added was not signed and only appended to a work “proposal”

Feldman And Stewart Obtain Summary Judgment For General Contractor Defendant

CM partner Ian Feldman and associate Meredith Stewart recently obtained a favorable result for their general contractor client who was named as a defendant in a personal injury lawsuit. Plaintiff was an employee of a subcontractor hired by CM’s client to perform concrete work at a residential remodel project where CM’s client served as the general contractor.

Court Interprets ‘Relative’ And ‘Away At School’ In Auto Policy

The 1st District Appellate Court recently held that an underinsured motorist coverage provision applicable to “relatives” residing “primarily” with “you,” including a child “away at school,” provided coverage for the child even though he did not live primarily with the insured and arguably did not intend to return to living with his parents.

Appeals Court Defines Drop-Down Duty For Umbrella Insurers

The 5th District Appellate Court recently held that, to trigger the duty of an umbrella insurer to “drop down” and defend the insured, the insurer must have actual evidence of the exhaustion of the aggregate limits of the underlying insurance policy.

Esposito Selected As Keynote Speaker

On April 7, 2015, CM Senior Counsel Paul V. Esposito was one of the keynote speakers for a presentation to the AIG Chicago Claims Advisory Board. The topic of the address was “Evening the Playing Field: Providing the Best Trial and Appellate Counsel for AIG Policyholders.”

Illinois Supreme Court Provides Definition Of ‘Insurance Producer’

The Illinois Supreme Court recently held that a statute defining a standard of care for “insurance producers” in placing coverage applies to both insurance brokers and insurer-employed agents.

The insurance applicants in Skaperdas v.

Court: Insurance Certificate Did Not Trigger Additional-Insured Coverage

The 1st District Appellate Court recently held that the requirement that a subcontractor provide a certificate of insurance listing the general contractor as an additional insured failed to create coverage for the general contractor under a blanket additional-insured endorsement in the subcontractor’s liability policy.

East Coast CM Report of Recent Decisions – 2015 Volume 2

Articles in this report

Appellate Court Grants Defendant Landowner Summary Judgment On The Basis That The Allegedly Defective Condition Was Open And Obvious, And Inherent Or Incident To The Nature Of The Property
In Mossberg v.

Valencic Presents At ABA, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Annual Meeting

CM partner Michelle Valencic recently co-authored a paper titled “Municipalities Are Policyholders Too: A Review of Unique Insurance Coverage Issues Faced by Cities and Towns” covering topics which were then presented for Continuing Legal Education credit at the 2015 American Bar Association Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee annual meeting.

Kollross Wins NY Coverage Appeal

Clausen Miller senior partner and Appellate Practice Group co-chair Melinda Kollross has obtained a unanimous affirmance of summary judgment for her insurer clients in Erie Ins. Co. v. Nick Radtke, et al,