Cincinnati Insurance v. American Hardware Manufacturers Ass'n

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “‘[a]ny act or promise that benefits one party or disadvantages the other is sufficient consideration to support the formation of a contract.’” (quoting Kalis v. Colgate– Palmolive Co., 787 N.E.2d 182, 183 (Ill. App. Ct. 2003))
• “a promise to forgo pursuit of a legal claim will be determined to be adequate consideration to support formation of a contract even if the claim is invalid, provided that it is asserted in good faith”
• “A valid assignment ‘needs only to assign or transfer the whole or a part of some particular thing, debt, or chose in action and it must describe the subject matter of the assignment with sufficient particularity to render it capable of identification.’ ”
• coverage provision specifically listed defamation and libel

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).