Mountbatten Surety Co. v. Szabo Contracting, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that this court reviews a trial court’s decision whether to allow a party to raise an affirmative defense under an abuse of discretion standard
• noting that this court reviews a trial court's decision whether to allow a party to raise an affirmative defense under an abuse of discretion standard
• noting that “an indemnity agreement is a contract and is subject to the rules for interpreting contracts”
• analyzing surety's indemnity and collateralization rights based on terms of contract, without resort to general equitable principles

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

24 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Virginia Surety Co. v. Northern Insurance
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2007-01-19· cited 169×
• Rexam Beverage Can Co. v. Bolger
  Seventh Circuit· 2010-08-24· cited 39×
• Pence v. GEE Group, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2017-02-16· cited 32×
• Sklodowski v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2005-06-16· cited 29×
• McHenry Savings Bank v. Autoworks of Wauconda, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2010-03-04· cited 29×
• Danada Square, LLC v. KFC National Management Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2009-06-12· cited 28×
• Birdsong v. ITT Continental Baking Company
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1974-06-18· cited 24×
• In Re Estate of Bitoy
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2009-09-30· cited 18×
• Piagentini v. Ford Motor Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2006-06-23· cited 14×
• Fidelity and Deposit Company v. Edward E. Gillen Company
  Seventh Circuit· 2019-06-03· cited 12×
• Stayton v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1980-02-07· cited 9×
• Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. v. A.G. Carlson, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2006-10-30· cited 9×
• Solai & Cameron, Inc v. Plainfield Community Consolidated School District No. 202
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2007-07-10· cited 9×
• CITY OF McHENRY v. Suvada
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2011-06-16· cited 6×
• County of Du Page v. Illinois Labor Relations Board
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2005-08-17· cited 5×
• Travelers Property Casualty Co. of America v. ArcelorMittal USA Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2019-06-28· cited 4×
• Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Rogers Cartage Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2018-06-12· cited 3×
• Lyon Financial Services, Inc. v. Illinois Paper & Copier Co.
  N.D. Illinois· 2017-03-23· cited 3×
• Rollin J. Soskin & Associates, Ltd. v. Bitoy
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2009-09-30· cited 1×
• Virginia Surety Company v. Northern Insurance Company of New York
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2007-01-19

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Adcock v. Brakegate, Ltd.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1994-11-23· cited 331×
• Kaiser v. MEPC American Properties, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1987-12-18· cited 218×
• Jackson v. TLC Associates, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1998-12-31· cited 141×
• HORWITZ EX REL. v. Bankers Life and Cas. Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2001-02-16· cited 40×
• Sacramento Crushing Corp. v. Correct/All Sewer, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2000-12-29· cited 34×
• Jiffy Lube International, Inc. v. Agarwal
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1996-02-01· cited 31×
• Laff v. Chapman Performance Products, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1978-07-31· cited 28×
• United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Klein Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1989-10-27· cited 20×
• Transamerica Premier Insurance v. Nelson
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1994-07-27· cited 15×
• Hanover Insurance Co. v. Smith
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1989-04-26· cited 12×
• La Salle Bank, N.A. v. DeCarlo
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2003-01-17· cited 7×
• Hanover Insurance v. Smith
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1990-05-23· cited 6×

Other cases named Mountbatten Surety Co. v. Szabo Contracting, Inc.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Mountbatten Surety Co. v. Szabo Contracting, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2004-06-17