American Family Insurance
Recent News About American Family Insurance
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The case that made Karmeier famous - Avery - stands out as end to powerful class actions
SPRINGFIELD – Justice Lloyd Karmeier delivered dozens of decisions for the Illinois Supreme Court but didn’t deliver the one that made him famous. -
Appeals court backs American Family Insurance in dispute over delay in settling fire claim
MOUNT VERNON - An insurance company did not unreasonably delay a payout following a house fire because there was a real and true dispute over the amount, an appeals court has ruled. -
FOLEY & LARDNER LLP: Foley Represents American Family Insurance in $1 Billion Acquisition of Ameriprise Auto & Home Insurance
Foley & Lardner represented American Family Insurance Mutual Holding Company in its agreement to acquire Ameriprise Auto & Home. -
Insurance company accuses driver of causing St. Clair County crash
BELLEVILLE — American Family Insurance is suing a driver for allegedly causing a crash that injured the plaintiff's clients. -
Customers should read insurance policies, not wait to sue til denied coverage, high court rules
Saying customers have an obligation to read and understand the terms of their insurance policies, the Illinois state Supreme Court has rejected the try by a couple to make their American Family Insurance agent pay for providing them with a policy that didn’t protect them against a defamation lawsuit, even though they had specifically asked the agent to obtain that coverage for them. -
Suit claims American Family Insurance in Alton failed to maintain safe premises
EDWARDSVILLE — A woman is suing an Alton insurance company and its operator, citing alleged negligence in maintaining the premises which resulted in a slip and serious injury to her back. -
American Family Insurance alleges couple filed unlawful claim
EAST ST. LOUIS — A Wisconsin insurance company is suing a Belle Rive couple, alleging an unlawful claim for insurance benefits. -
Tales of former Lakin attorneys: Scandal and fee fights
Tom Lakin In some instances, the cast of lawyers that have come out of the Lakin firm have been just as colorful as the firm's class action claims. -
American Family and passengers sue over Goose Lake Road accident
Robinson An insurance company and four people have filed suit against the driver who they claim failed to yield, causing a collision. -
LakinChapman seeks to amend 11-year-old 'dead plaintiff' class action
LakinChapman lawyers who carried on a Madison County class action against American Family Insurance with a dead client for three years find a substitute suffers a more serious deficiency. -
American Family says plaintiff concealed conflict as class action leader; Insurer seeks to decertify 11-year-old case
Martin Iowa chiropractor Mark Kruse concealed a conflict of interest as a leader of class actions in his own state and Madison County, according to American Family Insurance. -
American Family sues claiming insured allegedly set fire
An insurance company has filed suit against the woman who it claims set a fire to one of the properties the company insured. -
Woman sues ex, bank for identity theft
A St. Clair County woman is suing her soon-to-be ex-husband, her insurance company and a bank for alleged identity theft and conspiracy. -
Fight breaks out over American Family class settlement
Lakin Brad Lakin and former associates Richard Burke and Paul Weiss peacefully shared a class action against American Family Insurance while suing each other over fees from other cases, and now they fight over settlement of that case. -
Wanted: dead or alive
TV bounty hunter Josh Randall, played by Steve McQueen, collected rewards for bringing in fugitives dead or alive. -
American Family sued over under-insured claim
Michael Davis has filed suit against American Family Insurance Company, alleging he was not paid for injuries he sustained in a May 17, 2007, accident. -
Lakin-Weiss conflict spreads into Madison County cases
Brad Lakin As Brad Lakin and Paul Weiss awaited a decision on their bitter contest for control of a class action in New Jersey, they started two battles just like it in Edwardsville. -
Zombie plaintiff case breathes
It's been a year since we last examined Manny Hernandez' class action lawsuit against American Family Insurance. -
No morbid curiosity: Stack grants substitution of dead plaintiff in American Family case
Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack patiently waited for the Lakin Law Firm to find substitutes for a dead class action leader, and after three years the Lakins delivered. -
American Family says lawyers have turned into 'de facto plaintiff' in class action
Lawyers Brad Lakin and Paul Weiss have explained why a Madison County class action has been led for five years by a dead man. But the answer as to why it must be prolonged as a class is secret.