Attorney Chris Pickett won judgment on the pleadings for his client Acuity, with the court declaring that Acuity did not owe a duty to defend or indemnify its named insureds against an underlying case for negligent infliction of emotional distress. In this insurance coverage dispute, Acuity issued a commercial general […]

Chris Pickett: Our client’s insured operated a tavern and allegedly returned car keys to an intoxicated man that drove off and caused a serious automobile accident, causing several serious injuries and a fatality. We obtained summary judgment by arguing that there was no occurrence on the insured premises, as required […]

Kate Crouch obtained a defense verdict in favor of a subcontractor following a two-week trial in Cook County in a construction injury case involving a career-ending injury to a journeyman carpenter.  Plaintiff asked for almost $7 million in compensation for medical specials, lost past and future wages, pain and suffering, […]

Chris Pickett: We successfully argued that an additional insured endorsement providing coverage when the “insured and such person have agreed in writing” did not apply unless there was a direct contract between the named insured and the putative additional insured.

Chris Pickett: After our client was target-tendered by a general contractor, our client assumed the defense and indemnify of the general contractor in exchange for an assignment of rights against another CGL carrier. Having paid over $400,000 in defense and indemnity payments, our client sued the defendant CGL carrier under […]