SHERMAN v. RYAN

No. 1-07-2944.

911 N.E.2d 378 (2009)

Sheldon P. SHERMAN, Sally Mathieu, and Andrea Weidhaas, Derivatively on Behalf of Aon Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Patrick G. RYAN, Edgar D. Janotta, Jan Kalff, Lester B. Knight, J. Michael Losh, R. Eden Martin, Andrew J. McKenna, Robert S. Morrison, Richard Notebaert, Michael O'Halleran, John W. Rogers, Carolyn Woo, and Gloria Santona, Defendants-Appellees. (Aon Corporation, Nominal Defendant-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

Rehearing Denied July 09, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth A. Wexler, Edward A. Wallace, Andrae P. Reneau, Wexler Toriseva Wallace, LLP, Chicago, IL, Robert C. Schubert, Jaden Justice Reed, William F. Jonckheer, Schubert & Reed LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Christina M. Techen, David R. Pehlke, Candace R. Jackson, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.


Presiding Justice MURPHY delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, Sheldon P. Sherman, Sally Mathieu, and Andrea Weidhaas, shareholders of Aon Corporation, filed suit derivatively on behalf of Aon Corporation against members of its board of directors, Patrick G. Ryan, Aon's then-chief executive officer, Edgar D. Janotta, Jan Kalff, Lester B. Knight, J. Michael Losh, R. Eden Martin, Andrew J. McKenna, Robert S. Morrison, Richard Notebaert, Michael O'Halleran...

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