Sentinel Insurance Co. v. Cogan

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that insureds were not diligent because their delay “was a consequence of assuming non-coverage and waiting eight months to obtain an expert to probe that assumption”
• explaining that lawyers, who are “in the business of studying contracts and case law ... are routinely found to be sophisticated in commercial and insurance matters simply by virtue of their profession.”
• finding insureds, who were lawyers and who had retained litigation counsel to defend the underlying suit, were sophisticated in insurance matters
• “Lawyers are routinely found to be sophisticated in commercial and insurance matters simply by virtue of their profession.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Huntington Chase Condo. Ass'n v. Mid-Century Ins. Co.
  E.D. Illinois· 2019-03-29· cited 3×
• State Auto Property & Casualty Insurance Co. v. Brumit Services, Inc.
  S.D. Illinois· 2017-03-28· cited 2×

Cites

23 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• Country Mutual Insurance Co. v. Livorsi Marine, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2006-05-18· cited 100×
• West American Insurance v. Yorkville National Bank
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2010-09-23· cited 94×
• Country Mutual Ins. Co. v. Livorsi Marine
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2006-05-18· cited 81×
• Health Care Industry Liability Insurance Program v. Momence Meadows Nursing Center, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2009-05-20· cited 73×
• BASF AG v. Great American Assurance Co.
  Seventh Circuit· 2008-04-14· cited 63×
• Hurst-Rosche Engineers, Incorporated v. Commercial Union Insurance Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1995-04-05· cited 60×
• Northbrook Property & Casualty Insurance v. Applied Systems, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2000-05-17· cited 56×
• The People v. Peters
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1957-03-20· cited 46×
• United States v. Willard Johnson, and H. Wesley Robinson and National Legal Professional Associates
  Seventh Circuit· 2003-04-24· cited 36×
• Continental Casualty Co. v. Donald T. Bertucci, Ltd.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2010-03-19· cited 29×
• Northern Insurance Co. of New York v. City of Chicago
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2001-11-02· cited 26×
• Continental Casualty Co. v. Cuda
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1999-07-12· cited 23×
• MHM Services v. Assurance Company of America
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2012-08-03· cited 21×
• Amerisure Insurance v. Laserage Technology Corp.
  W.D. New York· 1998-03-10· cited 15×
• St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Village of Franklin Park
  Seventh Circuit· 2008-04-23· cited 14×
• AU Electronics, Inc. v. Harleysville Group, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 2015-03-10· cited 12×
• Hartford Casualty Insurance v. ContextMedia, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 2014-08-28· cited 9×
• Mendelsohn v. CNA Insurance Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1983-06-10· cited 8×
• Gould & Ratner v. Vigilant Insurance
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2002-12-04· cited 6×