BUEKER v. MADISON COUNTY

No. 120024.

72 N.E.3d 269 (2016)

2016 IL 120024

Scott BUEKER et al., Appellants, v. MADISON COUNTY, Illinois, et al. (RLI Insurance Company, Appellee).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

December 1, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Giacoletto , of Giacoletto Law Office, P.C., of Collinsville, and Aaron G. Weishaar , of Reinert Weishaar & Associates, P.C., and Nelson L. Mitton , Charles S. Kramer , and Paul A. Grote , of Riezman Berger, P.C., both of St. Louis, Missouri, for appellants.

Ralph J. Kooy and Thomas G. Drennan , of Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, and J. Timothy Eaton and Jonathan B. Amarilio , of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, both of Chicago, for appellee RLI Insurance Company.

Randall I. Marmor and Ji Suh , of Gordon & Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Surety and Fidelity Association of America.

Matthew D. Elster and Kyle A. Cooper , of Beermann Pritikin Mirabelli Swerdlove LLP, of Chicago, and Matthew R. Trapp and Jason E. Brokaw , of Giffin Winning Cohen & Bodewes, P.C., of Springfield, for amici curiae Illinois County Treasurers' Association et al.


OPINION

¶ 1 The issue in this appeal is whether plaintiffs, as private citizens, are proper claimants on a statutorily mandated, public official bond issued by RLI Insurance Company (RLI), as surety, to the Madison County...

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