EVERGREEN PARK SCHOOL v. FEDERAL INS.

Nos. 1-94-1799 to 1-94-1805, 1-94-1807, 1-94-3645, 1-94-3646 and 1-94-3911.

658 N.E.2d 1235 (1995)

276 Ill.App.3d 766

213 Ill.Dec. 214

EVERGREEN PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 124, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees. COMMUNITY CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 15, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ATLANTIC MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, et al, Defendants-Appellees. OAK PARK—RIVER FOREST SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 200, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, et al., Defendants-Appellees. HOME INSURANCE COMPANY OF ILINOIS, et al, Plaintiffs-Appellees and Counterdefendants-Appellees, v. EVANSTON TOWNSHIP DISTRICT NO. 202, Defendant-Appellant and Counterplaintiff-Appellant. CONTINENTAL INSURANCE COMPNIES, et al, Plaintiffs-Appellees and Counterdefendants-Appellees, v. NORTHWEST TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 214, Defendant-Appellant and Counterplaintiff-Appellant (General Accident Insurance Company, Counterdefendant-Appellee). NORTHFIELD TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 225, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, et al, Defendants-Appellees. CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 230, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, et al, Defendants-Appellees. AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY COMPNY OF ILLINOIS, et al, Plaintiffs-Appellees and Counterdefendants-Appellees, v. COMMUNITY CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 21, Defendant-Appellant and Counterplaintiff-Appellant (American Motorists Insurance Co, et al, Counterdefendants-Appellees). COMMUNITY CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 15, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ATLANTIC MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, et al, Defendants-Appellees. CONTINENTAL INSURANCE COMPNIES, et al, Plaintiffs-Appellees and Counterdefendants-Appellees, v. NORTHWEST TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 214, Defendant-Appellant and Counterplaintiff-Appellant (General Accident Insurance Co, Counterdefendant-Appellee). CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 230, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, et al, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

November 22, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meites, Frackman, Mulder, Chicago, Thomas R. Meites, Lynn Sara Frackman, Paul W. Mollica, of counsel, for Appellants.

Clausen, Miller, Chicago, James T. Ferrini, Richard A. Buchanan, Michael L. Foran and Mark Seplak, of counsel, Kostow & Daar, Chicago, Henry R. Daar, Peter E. Kanaris, Lawrence D. Mason, of counsel, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, Boston, Mass., Alan R. Miller, of counsel, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, Chicago, Mark S. Grotofeld, Charles L. Philbrick, of counsel, Leahy, Eisenberg & Fraenkel, Ltd., Chicago, Daniel J. Leahy and Ronald A. Strohm, of counsel, Zelle & Larson, Minneapolis, Mn., Patricia St. Peter, Joseph P. Pozen, of counsel, William Koziol, Long Grove, Wm. Koziol, of counsel, John R. Wienold & Assoc., Ltd., Aurora, Deborah J. Allen, of counsel, Morrison, Mahoney & Miller, Southfield, ML, Susan Tukel, of counsel, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, Robert C. Johnson, Wm. T. Barker, Steven M. Levy, of counsel, for Appellees.


Justice RAKOWSKI delivered the opinion of the court:

This consolidated action concerns the right of appellants (school districts) to receive insurance coverage from their property insurers for asbestos-related property damage. The circuit court granted summary judgment and dismissal of the school districts' claims, holding the claims were time barred by the insurance policies' notice and suit limitation terms. We affirm.

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