JOHN CRANE, INC. v. ADMIRAL INS. CO.

No. 1-09-3240.

957 N.E.2d 517 (2011)

354 Ill. Dec. 201

JOHN CRANE, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. ADMIRAL INSURANCE COMPANY, American Motorists Insurance Company, First State Insurance Company, Hartford Accident & Indemnity, Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company, and Twin City Fire Insurance Company, Certain Underwriters at Lloyds of London, and Certain London Market Insurance Companies, including Excess Insurance Company, Ltd., General Reinsurance Corporation, River Thames Insurance Company, World Auxiliary Insurance Corporation, and John Does 1-400, Defendants (Allianz Underwriters Insurance Company, Allstate Insurance Company, AIU Insurance Company, American Re-Insurance Company, Granite State Insurance Company, Lexington Insurance Company, National Surety Corporation, National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA, Insurance Company of North America, and TIG Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees) (Columbia Casualty Company, Continental Casualty Company, and The Continental Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees and Cross-Appellants.)

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Modified Upon Denial of Rehearing August 30, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin M. Forde, Ltd., ( Kevin M. Forde and Joanne R. Driscoll , of counsel), Nisen & Elliott LLC, ( Michael J. Daley and Claire E. Gorman , of counsel), Chicago, IL, Farella Braun & Martell, LLP, San Francisco, CA, ( John Cooper , Dennis M. Cusack and Erica Villanueva , of counsel), for Appellant.

Troutman Sanders LLP ( Rebecca L. Ross , Clinton E. Cameron , David F. Cutter and Stephanie L. Haas , of counsel), Bates Carey Nicolaides, LLP ( Catherine M. Crisham , Kristi S. Nolley , Ellen J. Zabinski and Agelo L. Reppas , of counsel), SmithAmundsen LLC ( Timothy J. Fagan and Michael L. Resis , of counsel), Clausen Miller P.C. ( Mary F. Stafford , Colleen A. Beverly and Melinda S. Kollross , of counsel), Cozen & O'Connor ( John D. LaBarbera , of counsel), Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd. ( Robert R. Anderson III , John Hughes and Daniel A. Waitzman , of counsel), Chicago, IL, for Appellee.


OPINION

Justice HARRIS delivered the judgment of the court with opinion.

¶ 1 Pursuant to the supreme court's supervisory order issued May 25, 2011, this court vacates its order in Crane v. Admiral Insurance Co., et al., No. 1-09-3240 (2011) (unpublished summary order under Supreme Court Rule 23) and issues this opinion. Crane v. Admiral Insurance Co., 350 Ill.Dec. 636, 949 N.E.2d...

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