Chris Pickett – The additional insured demanded defense and indemnity from our client totaling over $200,000 but failed to give notice of the underlying lawsuit for over a year.  The court granted our motion for summary judgment after finding that the delay violated the notice condition and voided coverage.

Chris Pickett: A building owner and manager tendered the defense of an underlying construction injury claim with a multi-million dollar settlement demand.  We argued that the companies did not qualify as additional insureds because the insured’s contract only required these companies to be named as additional insured on a certificate […]

David Osborne: Cause No. 08 CH 31295 (Cir. Ct. of Cook Co., IL) (successfully shifted entire additional insured burden from client, insurer for subcontractor charged with causing massive water intrusion, to additional insured landlord’s tenant adjacent to named insured’s work under theory that it failed to procure its own separate […]

David Osborne: Cause No. 09 CH 51473 (Cir. Ct. of Cook Co., IL Jan. 9, 2013) (obtained summary judgment and dismissal of opponent’s counterclaim, finding opposing insurer estopped for wrongfully refusing to defend mutual insured and shifting entire defense and indemnity burden to opposing insurer, rejecting fraud counterclaim as a […]

David Osborne: 09 CH 45227 (Cir. Ct. of Cook Co., IL Mar. 24, 2011) (won summary judgment in favor of insurer, interpreting additional insured endorsement to provide only vicarious liability coverage for contractor)