CLARENDON AMERICA INS. v. 69 WEST

No. 1-06-1864.

870 N.E.2d 978 (2007)

CLARENDON AMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY, a New Jersey Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. 69 WEST WASHINGTON MANAGEMENT LLC, an Illinois Limited Liability Corporation, and County of Cook, a Body Politic and Corporation, Defendants-Appellees (Scottsdale Insurance Company, Intervenor-Appellant; B.G.K. Security Services, Inc., an Illinois Corporation, and Aargus Security Systems, Inc., an Illinois Corporation, Defendants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

June 18, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Esther Joy Schwartz, Dana A. Rice and Richard D. Foody of Stellato & Schwartz, Ltd., Chicago, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Shaun McParland Baldwin, Katherine Streicher Arnold of Tressler, Soderstrom, Maloney & Priess, LLP., Chicago, for Intervenor-Appellant.

Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP, Chicago (David H. Levitt and Stephen R. Swofford, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellee 69 West.

Mark E. Christensen and Katherine A. Jones of Christensen & Ehret LLP, Chicago, for Defendant-Appellee County of Cook.


Presiding Justice McBRIDE delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Clarendon America Insurance Company (Clarendon) filed a declaratory judgment action seeking a determination that it owed no duty to defend or indemnify defendants 69 West Washington Management, LLC (69 West), and County of Cook (Cook) in several underlying lawsuits arising out of the October 17, 2003, fire that occurred at a building owned by Cook and...

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