CONTINENTAL CAS. v. DONALD T. BERTUCCI

No. 1-09-0502.

926 N.E.2d 833 (2010)

CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DONALD T. BERTUCCI, LTD., and Donald T. Bertucci, Defendants-Appellants (Lourdes Rodriguez, Defendant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

March 19, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Regina A. Ripley, Clausen Miller, P.C., Chicago, Richard A. Simpson, Wiley Rein LLP, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Michael P. Connelly, Corey P. O'Dell, Connelly Roberts & McGivney LLC, Chicago, for State Defendants-Appellants.


Justice McBRIDE delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an insurance coverage dispute involving a lawyer's professional liability policy and allegations that counsel retained an excessive amount of attorney fees from the settlement proceeds of a medical malpractice action. The lawyer has been sued in state court and named in attorney disciplinary proceedings. On cross-motions for summary judgment, the circuit court of Cook County found the insurer owed no duty...

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