CINCINNATI COMPANIES v. WEST AMERICAN INS.

No. 83282.

701 N.E.2d 499 (1998)

183 Ill.2d 317

233 Ill.Dec. 649

The CINCINNATI COMPANIES, Appellee, v. WEST AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

September 24, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Marc Chemers, Pretzel & Stouffer, Chartered, Chicago, for West American Insurance Company.

James P. DeNardo, McKenna, Storer, Rowe, White and Farrug, Chicago, for The Cincinnati Companies.


Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

The issue in this case is whether an insurer's duty to defend its insured arises upon its receipt of actual notice of the suit against its insured, or whether the duty to defend is triggered only upon the insured's tender of its defense to the insurer. The appellate court held that actual notice of the underlying claim was sufficient to trigger the duty to defend, regardless of whether the insured...

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