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PIETRAS v. SENTRY INS. CO.

Nos. 06 C 4769, 06 C 3576.

513 F.Supp.2d 983 (2007)

Nancy PIETRAS, Plaintiff, v. SENTRY INSURANCE COMPANY and Curfin Oldsmobile, Inc., d/b/a Curry Motors Driver's Edge, Defendants. Paul Blair and Linda Killingsworth, Plaintiffs, v. Sentry Insurance Company and Ridgeway Chevrolet, Inc., Defendants.

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

September 10, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel A. Edelman, Cassandra P. Miller, Edelman, Combs, Latturner & Goodwin, LLC, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs.

Jennifer Marie Zlotow, Schwartz Cooper Chartered, John J. Duffy, Donohue, Brown, Mathewson & Smyth, Chicago, IL, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

MATTHEW F. KENNELLY, District Judge.

This decision involves two consolidated cases that present the same issue: whether a liability insurer is required to pay a settlement that its insured entered into in a lawsuit in which the insurer had declined to defend the insured. The Court rules in each case that the insurer must pay the settlement.

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