Case names and holdingsInsurance Law, March 2013A list of the cases in this issue, arranged alphabetically.
Case summariesInsurance Law, March 2013Summaries of the cases in this issue.
Contract litigation expense insuranceBy Kenneth T. TegliaInsurance Law, March 2013When it comes to initiating litigation to settle written contract disputes, one major reason businesses and individuals have been reticent to do so is the specter of losing and being ordered by a court to pay the victorious attorney fees.
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.
