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Federal Court Follows Visual Pak Holding No Coverage for BIPA Claims

March 15, 2024 / News / Writing and Speaking

by Andrew J. Banathy

In Citizens Ins. Co. of Am. v. Mullins Food Prods. Inc., 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 33273, Case No. 22-cv-1334 (N.D. Ill., Feb. 27, 2024), the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted summary judgment for an insurer in a BIPA-related coverage action.

Clausen Miller Obtains Summary Judgment From Trump Trial Judge

March 14, 2024 / News

Clausen Miller partner Matthew Van Dusen and associate Lisa Doolittle recently won summary judgment from Honorable Arthur Engoron, the now nationally known judge presiding over the Trump civil trial in New York. Our case involves a real estate transaction.

The Texas Supreme Court Finds a Settlement Agreement Between an Insured and Its Claimants Not Admissible or Binding in Coverage Litigation Against the Insurers

March 8, 2024 / News / Writing and Speaking

Ramy Elmasri and Erin Rutherford analyze a Texas Supreme Court decision holding a settlement agreement entered into without consent of the Insurer was inadmissible to establish coverage and the amount of covered loss in the subsequent coverage litigation.

Hail Damage Sparks Fight Over Coverage, Appraisal Demand

March 6, 2024 / News / Writing and Speaking

Don Sampen analyzes a Northern District of Illinois case in which the court held that a dispute between a property insurer and an insured over a demand for supplemental payments following extensive hail damage amounted to a coverage dispute not subject to appraisal.

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