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EMPIRE INDEM. INS. CO. v. CHICAGO PROVINCE

Docket Nos. 1-11-2346, 1-11-2653 cons.

990 N.E.2d 845 (2013)

2013 IL App (1st) 112346

371 Ill. Dec. 657

EMPIRE INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The CHICAGO PROVINCE OF the SOCIETY OF JESUS, Defendant-Appellant (Donald J. McGuire, John Doe 116, John Doe 117, and John Doe 118, Defendants and Intervening Defendants; RLI Insurance Company and Mt. Hawley Insurance Company, Intervening Plaintiffs-Appellees; Pennsylvania General Insurance Company, Intervening Defendant-Appellee; First Nonprofit Insurance Company, Intervening Defendant and Intervening Plaintiff-Appellee; John Doe 119 and Does 1 through 20, Intervening Defendants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

May 13, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peterson, Johnson & Murray, of Chicago ( Jennifer L. Turiello , of counsel), for appellant,

Stellato & Schwartz, Ltd. ( Esther Joy Schwartz , Richard D. Foody , and Theodore W. Pannkoke , of counsel), Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP ( Daniel G. Wills , of counsel), and Tressler LLP ( Michael J. Duffy and Ashley L. Conaghan , of counsel), all of Chicago, and Morison Holden & Prough, LLP, of Walnut Creek, California ( Michael D. Prough , of counsel), for appellees.

OPINION

Justice DELORT delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 The dispute we must resolve here is whether a Catholic religious order is insured for potential losses resulting from alleged molestation of minors by one of its priests. The defendant-appellant, the Chicago Province of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits), appeals from orders granting summary judgment in favor of Empire Indemnity...

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