Illinois Founders Insurance v. Barnett

How courts have described this case

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• stating that the issue of whether the insurer received actual notice of the suit is a question of fact, and \actual notice can arise from a letter or phone call to the insurer from an injured party or an attorney asserting a claim under the insurance policy\
• stating that the issue of whether the insurer received actual notice of the suit is a question of fact, and “actual notice can arise from a letter or phone call to the insurer from an injured party or an attorney asserting a claim under the insurance policy”
• insurer's duty to defend triggered where it received actual notice of the underlying lawsuit within eight days after the occurrence
• “Compliance with the actual notice standard is a question of fact to be determined by the totality of the circumstances.”
• insured's failure to forward a copy of suit and summons to insurer as required by insured's policy did not absolve insurer of duties to defend and indemnify insured
• insured’s failure to forward a copy of suit and summons to insurer as required by insured’s policy did not absolve insurer of duties to defend and indemnify insured

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).