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The Lawyer’s Journal

By Bonnie McGrath
July
1999
Column
, Page 348
Different rulings on the same-part-of-the-body rule.

The Lawyer’s Journal

By Bonnie McGrath
June
1999
Column
, Page 298
Guilty but mentally ill'' passes constitutional muster

Under a business liability insurance policy, an insurer may deny coverage for wrongful death suits where an insured’s actions are willful and malicious.

June
1999
Illinois Law Update
, Page 304
On April 15, 1999, the Illinois Supreme Court reversed the appellate and circuit courts.

HMO Reform Bill Passes in the House, Likely to Fail in the Senate — HB 626.

May
1999
Illinois Law Update
, Page 244
A sweeping HMO reform bill, known as the Managed Care Reform Act, (passed in the Illinois House on March 24, 1999 by a margin of 62-37.

The Lawyer’s Journal

By Bonnie McGrath
April
1999
Column
, Page 186
Offer, acceptance, consideration, and criminal law.

Bringing “Bad Faith Refusal to Settle” Claims Against Insurers

By G. Grant Dixon III
February
1999
Article
, Page 92
Did your client's insurer refuse in bad faith to settle within policy limits? Then it should pay the price.

Illinois Adopts the “Modern” Prejudice Rule for Insurers’ Late-Notice Defense

By Stanley C. Nardoni
February
1999
Article
, Page 86
The new rule—which requires insurers to show prejudice from policyholder delay before they can avoid coverage—is the better rule, this author says.

Litigating Claims Under Lost Insurance Policies in Illinois

By Todd Stewart Schenk
February
1999
Column
, Page 102
A how-to guide to lost-policy lawsuits.

Insurance Company Policyholder Decisions Cannot Depend Solely on Domestic Violence Injuries; PA 90-700

January
1999
Illinois Law Update
, Page 13
In determining policyholder ``rating, underwriting, or claims handling'' decisions, insurance companies cannot solely consider the fact of domestic violence injuries.

When an insured motorist has two underinsured motorists coverage policies, the primary insurer may take only one setoff for an insured’s workers’ compensation benefits, and no setoff for the insured’s social security disability benefits

January
1999
Illinois Law Update
, Page 13
On October 29, 1998, the Illinois Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the appellate court's holding on setoffs applicable to two insurance policies for underinsured motorist coverage.

Annual Fee Increase for Insurers

December
1998
Illinois Law Update
, Page 662
On October 1, 1998 the Department of Insurance adopted amendments to sections 4201.10 and 4210.20. 50 Ill Adm Code 4210.

The Lawyer’s Journal

By Bonnie Fitzgerald McGrath
November
1998
Column
, Page 590
Post-Ellerth business boom?

New Annuity Mortality Tables

November
1998
Illinois Law Update
, Page 596
On September 18, 1998, the Department of Insurance adopted amendments to section 935 in response to changes made to the ``NAIC Model Rule Regulation for Recognizing a New Annuity Mortality Table for Use in Determining Reserve Liabilities for Annuities."

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