· 5/16/1986
Lamp, Inc. v. International Fidelity Insurance
Citations
- 493 N.E.2d 146
- 143 Ill. App. 3d 692
- 97 Ill. Dec. 664
- 1986 Ill. App. LEXIS 2246
How courts have described this case
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- holding that the defendant-counterplaintiff's right to indemnification from counterdefendant under an indemnity agreement \arose immediately upon [plaintiff's] claim regardless of [counter]defendant's liability on the underlying claim\
- holding that the defendant-counterplaintiff’s right to indemnification from counterdefendant under an indemnity agreement “arose immediately upon [plaintiff’s] claim regardless of [counter]defendant’s liability on the underlying claim”
- collecting cases in which a surety’s “right to settle” is triggered by the existence of a claim against that surety, not by the establishment of actual liability
- “right to indemnification arose immediately upon [plaintiff’s] claim regardless of defendant’s liability on the underlying claim”
- where an indemnity contract reimbursed all losses, damages, expenses, costs and attorney fees incurred, the indemnitee is “required to establish, by competent evidence, its reasonable fees and costs”
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Judges: Strouse
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