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· 3/16/2000

Douglas v. Allied American Insurance

Citations

  • 727 N.E.2d 376
  • 312 Ill. App. 3d 535
  • 245 Ill. Dec. 123
  • 2000 Ill. App. LEXIS 165

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining that “in a lawsuit one [becomes] legally obligated to pay” when “a judgment or settlement is reached between the parties”; Maxum Indem. Co. v. Eclipse Mfg. Co., 2013 WL 5993389, at (N.D. Ill. Nov. 12, 2013
  • “An insurance company has a fiduciary duty to defend its insured and to consider the insured’s interest”
  • “A court is not to read [contract] provisions in isolation but is required to read [them] in light of each other to determine whether an ambiguity exists.”
  • \An insurance company has a fiduciary duty to defend its insured and to consider the insured's interest.\
  • “A court is not to read [contract] provisions in isolation but is required to read [them] in light of each other to determine whether an ambiguity exists.”
  • “A court is not to read [contract] provisions in isolation but is required to read [them] in light of each other to determine whether an ambiguity exists.”

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Judges: Goldenhersh

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