Schal Bovis, Inc. v. Casualty Insurance

How courts have described this case

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

• a finding that a party is not in charge of the work is different from a finding that injuries did not arise out of that party’s work
• “[i]n Illinois, an excess insurer cannot seek equitable contribution from a primary insurer because excess carriers and primary carriers insure different risks”
• “The reason for this rule is that one insurer has paid a debt which is equally owed by the other insurers.”
• a finding that a party is not in charge of the work is different from a finding that injuries did not arise out of that party’s work
• “If the insurer fails to take either of the actions required (i.e., defending under a reservation of rights or seeking a declaratory judgment action), the insurer will be estopped from raising coverage defenses ***.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).