CONTINENTAL CAS. CO. v. LAW OFFICES OF KAPLAN

No. 1-02-2951.

801 N.E.2d 992 (2003)

345 Ill. App.3d 34

280 Ill.Dec. 47

CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LAW OFFICES OF MELVIN JAMES KAPLAN, Defendant-Appellant (Cort Chubko, Defendant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

Rehearing Denied January 12, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beermann, Swerdlove, Woloshin, Berezky Becker, Genin & London, Chicago (Timothy M. Kelly, of counsel), for Appellant.

Ross Dixon & Bell, L.L.P., Washington, DC (Richard A. Simpson & Lynda Guild Simpson, of counsel); Ross, Dixon & Bell, L.L.P., Chicago (Scott E. Turner, of counsel), for Appellee.


Presiding Justice HOFFMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The Law Offices of Melvin James Kaplan (Kaplan) appeals from a summary judgment entered in favor of its malpractice insurance carrier, Continental Casualty Company (Continental), in Continental's action seeking a judicial declaration that it has no duty to defend Kaplan in an action brought by one of its former clients, or to indemnify Kaplan from any judgment that might be entered in that action. Kaplan...

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