ACE AMERICAN v. SANDBERG, PHOENIX & VON GONTARD

Case No. 12-cv-0242-MJR-DGW.

900 F.Supp.2d 887 (2012)

ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE CO., and Federal Insurance Co., Plaintiffs, v. SANDBERG, PHOENIX & VON GONTARD, PC., G. Keith Phoenix, and W. Wylie Blair, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Illinois.

October 2, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian P. Flaherty , Stephen A. Cozen , Thomas G. Wilkinson, Jr. , Cozen & O'Connor, Philadelphia, PA, Kevin P. Caraher , Tia C. Ghattas , Cozen O'Connor, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs.

Geoffrey A. Belzer , Michael P. Tone , Wilson Elser et al., Chicago, IL, Michael L. Young , Theodore J. MacDonald, Jr. , Heplerbroom LLC, St. Louis, IL, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

REAGAN, District Judge:

A. Procedural Overview

Six months ago, two insurance companies filed a legal malpractice suit in this Court against a law firm (Sandberg, Phoenix and Von Gontard, P.C.) and two lawyers from the firm (Keith Phoenix and Wylie Blair). The complaint alleged that ACE American Insurance Company and Federal Insurance Company issued liability insurance policies to Safariland,...

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