Case names and holdingsInsurance Law, September 2012A list of the cases in this issue, arranged alphabetically.
Case summariesInsurance Law, September 2012Summaries of the cases in this issue.
Recovery of consequential damages for insurer’s breach of contractBy James T. NyesteInsurance Law, September 2012There already is a solid basis in Illinois law for the insured’s recovery of consequential damages in addition to the policy coverage when the insurance company breaches its contract, so long as the consequential damages were reasonably foreseeable, were within the contemplation of the parties at the time the policy was issued, or arose out of special circumstances known to the parties.
Case names and holdingsInsurance Law, June 2012A list of the cases in this issue, arranged alphabetically.
Case summariesBy James T. Nyeste, Robert H. Hanaford, Michael Hartigan, Ryan Henderson, Laura D. Mruk, David Wilford, Patricia A. Zimmer, & Ellen ZabinskiInsurance Law, June 2012Summaries of the cases in this issue.
From the editorsBy James T. NyesteInsurance Law, June 2012An introduction to the issue from Managing Co-Editor James Nyeste.
The targeted tender doctrine: Where does it stand today?By Steven J. CiszewskiInsurance Law, June 2012Practitioners should be aware that Illinois appellate courts have generally been reluctant to extend the targeted tender doctrine beyond the construction context where a subcontractor has a contractual obligation to add the general contractor as an additional insured on the subcontractor’s policy.
A strategy for dealing with medical providers who refuse to submit their bills to health insuranceBy Dennis L. BerkbiglerTort Law, February 2012There are a number of situations where the personal injury client may benefit more by having his or her medical expenses paid by health insurance rather than out of the tort recovery. The following letter, or some variation of it, may be used in an attempt to induce the recalcitrant provider to comply with the demand to submit the client’s bills to his or her health insurance.
Duty to defendBy Laurie E. DugonithsCorporate Law Departments, August 2011The duty to defend is a contractual obligation almost always found in commercial general liability policies and, as the costs of litigation continue to rise, is often considered to be more valuable to an insured than the duty to indemnify.
Case names and holdingsInsurance Law, July 2011A list of cases in this issue, arranged alphabetically.
Case summariesInsurance Law, July 2011Summaries of the cases in this issue.
The Illinois Supreme Court takes pass on ripe opportunity to protect insurance consumersBy Scott A. BlumenshineInsurance Law, July 2011The author argues that with the Rosen decision, the Illinois Supreme Court has abdicated its authority to invalidate insurance policy language on the supposed basis that the legislature has approved such language, when it has not.