Date : Apr 1, 2009
Meagher & Geer partner Kurt Zitzer and co-counsel Ray Rittenhouse of Mulherin, Rehfeldt & Varchetto of Wheaton, IL recently earned a significant win for client Scottsdale Insurance. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled that Scottsdale Insurance Company had no obligation to defend, or indemnify a city’s police department after the city failed to provide timely notice of a claim, and that Scottsdale was not estopped to raise the late notice defense even though it did not immediately file for a declaratory judgment before the conclusion of the underlying case. American Safety Casualty Insurance Company vs. City of Waukegan, 2009 WL 855795 (March 30, 2009).
The important ruling is the topic of an article, “Insurance Matters,” by Don R. Sampen, published in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin.