STATE FARM MUT. AUTH. INS. v. GEORGE HYMAN CONST.

No. 4-98-0570.

715 N.E.2d 749 (1999)

306 Ill. App.3d 874

240 Ill.Dec. 62

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. GEORGE HYMAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, n/k/a The Clark Construction Group, Inc., Defendant-Appellant (Associated Contractors Company, Inc.; Marley Cooling Tower Company; F.E. Moran, Inc., Fire Protection; and The Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Company and United State Fidelity and Guaranty Company, its Sureties; Thrall Distribution, Inc., f/k/a Wilkins Pipe and Supply Company, Inc.; American Fire and Electrical Systems; Robert Irsay, Division of Jupiter Mechanical Industries, Inc.; Economy Mechanical Industries, Inc., and National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa., its Surety; Fischbach & Moore, Inc., and National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa., its Surety; Egan Mechanical Contractors, Inc., and General Accident Insurance Company of America, its Surety; J.A. House, Inc.; Permapipe, Inc.; and Seaboard Surety Co., its Surety; The Levy Company and St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co., its Surety; A.A. Conte & Son, Inc.; Central Supply Company; Gibson Electric Co., Inc., Carroll E. Lane, d/b/a The Lane Company; American Home Assurance Co. and National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Federal Insurance Co. and Seaboard Surety Co. and St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Sureties for Clark; Concept Plumbing, Inc., and United Fire & Casualty Company, its Surety; Phoenix Air Control, Inc.; Midwest Insulation Contractors, Inc.; Johnson Controls, Inc.; and Jade Carpentry Contractors, Defendants-Appellees).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Decided August 3, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory S. Bell, Hasselberg, Rock, Bell & Kuppler, Peoria, Timothy F. Brown (argued), Michael E. Jaffe, Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Khan, PLLC, Washington, DC, for George Hyman Construction Company.

William A. Mueller, Jr. (argued), Hartweg, Mueller, Turner & Wood, P.C., Bloomington, for Egan Mechanical Contractors, Inc.

Maynerd I. Steinberg (argued), Debra A. Osmond, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, for The Levy Company.

William T. Hundman, Bloomington, Edward L. Filer, Ann M. Edmonds, Bollinger, Ruberry & Garvey, Chicago, for Economy Mechanical Industries, Inc.

Harvey J. Barnett, Harvey Barnett & Associates, Chicago, for Gibson Electric Co., Inc.


Justice McCULLOUGH delivered the opinion of the court:

On November 13, 1995, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm) filed suit against Clark Construction Group, Inc. (Clark) (then known as George Hyman Construction Company (Hyman)), Clark's subcontractors, and their respective sureties for breach of a contract to construct a large office building. Clark and its subcontractors filed cross-claims against each other. Now Clark has settled with State...

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