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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
