Calloway v. Bovis Lend Lease, Inc., 2013 WL 4428894 (1st Dist. 2013) examines a construction manager’s negligence liability to a subcontractor’s employee where the construction manager entrusts work to the subcontractor but still exercises some control over its work. Facts: A father and son were piping installers for a subcontractor on a construction project managed by the defendant. They sustained fatal (father) and permanent (son) …
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New Illinois Law To Impose Strict Timing Requirements on Settling Defendants
Getting a settling defendant to pay is sometimes a Herculean task. So much so that it often spawns multiple rounds of satellite litigation just to enforce the settlement terms. I recall one case I had in McHenry County that required no less than five or six 2-hour drives to the courthouse in order to enforce a settlement agreement. …
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Insurance Co’s Substantial Compliance With Termination Notice Defeats $20M Suit
Life Plans v. Security Life of Denver Insurance Company, 2013 WL 4052678 (N.D.Ill.2013), presents high-dollar contract dispute involving two insurance companies. The plaintiff insurance agent entered into a written agreement with the defendant, a multi-national insurance company. The plaintiff agreed to market defendant’s life insurance products on a nation-wide basis. The contract term was “indefinite” and terminable …
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