SLAVEN v. GREAT AMERICAN INS. CO.

No. 13 C 1370.

83 F.Supp.3d 789 (2015)

Arthur SLAVEN, John McLinden and Laurence Ashkin, v. GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE CO., Defendant. Great American Insurance Co., Plaintiff, v. Arthur Slaven, John McLinden and Laurence Ashkin, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

Signed March 18, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher James Barber , Williams Montgomery & John, Ltd., Elissa L. Isaacs , Joshua M. Wiersma , Stephen O'Donnell , Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs.

Peter F. Lovato , William Joel Vander Vliet , Skarzynski Black , Stephen J. Rosenfeld , John David Fitzpatrick , Mandell Menkes LLC, Chicago, IL, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

The question presented by this case is a recurring one in litigation between insurance companies and their insureds: to what extent documents generated in connection with a "coverage review"—a phrase with an elastic definition—by a lawyer hired by the carrier, are...

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