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· 12/4/2003

American Country Insurance v. James McHugh Construction Co.

Citations

  • 801 N.E.2d 1031
  • 344 Ill. App. 3d 960
  • 280 Ill. Dec. 86
  • 2003 Ill. App. LEXIS 1408

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that where a complaint alleges negligence only on the part of the additional insured, the insurer did not have a duty to defend or indemnify the additional insured
  • noting that rules of construction such as liberally construing allegations in a complaint in favor of an insured “do not justify construing a contract against an insurer where no real ambiguity exists”
  • noting that rules of construction such as liberally construing allegations in a complaint in favor of an insured \do not justify construing a contract against an insurer where no real ambiguity exists\

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Judges: Greiman

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