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Hill Co-Chairs And Fahey Speaks At ABA Property Insurance Law Committee Annual Meeting

Clausen Miller Chicago Partner Celeste A. Hill recently co-chaired the Spring Meeting of the ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section’s Property Insurance Law Committee on April 7-9 at the Wynn Resort in Las Vegas,

Dissolved Company’s Liability Policies Give Claimants No Avenue Of Recourse

The 3rd District Appellate Court recently held that persons with claims against a corporation dissolved more than five years earlier could not recover against the corporation’s liability insurers.

The claimants in Adams v.

Self-Insurance Pool Found To Be Primary

The 1st District Appellate Court recently held that a municipal risk-pooling organization constituted a form of self-insurance that would apply as primary coverage to an umbrella policy covering the same occurrence.

The case is Illinois Municipal League Risk Management Association v.

Clausen Miller Appellate Group Scores Major Victory

The Clausen Miller Appellate Group scored a major victory in the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, which issued an opinion with nationwide implications for the Diacetyl Litigation Community, and all toxic tort lawyers as well. 

Additional Insureds Finds Timely Notice Just As Important As For Insureds

The 1st District Appellate Court recently held that an additional insured has obligations similar to a named insured in giving prompt notice of an occurrence or lawsuit to the insurer, and that the additional insured’s failure to comply negated coverage.

No Coverage For Telephone Act Or Related State Claims

The 2nd District Appellate Court recently held that a policy exclusion applicable to claims under the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act and “similar” laws excluded coverage not only for the TCPA claims but also claims based on the same facts for an alleged common law and state statutory violation.

Despite Policy, Negligence Claim Snares Insurer

The 1st District Appellate Court recently held that an insurer had a duty to defend an insured under a homeowner’s policy, despite allegations in the underlying complaint that the insured intentionally drugged and raped the plaintiff’s deceased daughter before she died from a drug overdose,

Casualty Defense Group Obtains Decision Dismissing Labor Law Third-Party And Cross-Claims

CM partners Carl Perri and Matthew Van Dusen were retained to represent defendant/fourth third-party defendant Celtic Sheet Metal, Inc. (“Celtic”), an air conditioning duct installation company. Celtic was hired by defendant/fourth third-party plaintiff Admore Air Conditioning Corp.

Verbal OK Found Good Enough For Coverage

The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, construing Illinois law, recently held that a policy provision requiring issuance of a certificate of insurance for additional insured status did not necessarily mean that the certificate had to issue before the occurrence giving rise to the additional insured’s claim for coverage.

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

Articles in this report

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.