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NORTHWESTERN NAT. LIFE INS. CO. v. LUTZ

No. 88-3078.

933 F.Supp. 730 (1996)

NORTHWESTERN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, Plaintiff, v. Jerry LUTZ, Defendant.

United States District Court, C.D. Illinois, Springfield Division.

July 19, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Gilmartin, Harvey R. Herman, Chicago, IL, Richard C. Ninneman, Milwaukee, WI, for plaintiff.

Robert J. Lenz, Bloomington, IL, W. Mark Rasmussen, Peoria, IL, for defendant.

OPINION

RICHARD MILLS, District Judge:

Sadly, brawls over attorneys' fees have become a cottage industry.

I. THE FACTS

This case started in 1988 when Northwestern National Insurance Company (Northwestern) sued Jerry Lutz over a guarantee bond.

In 1986, Lutz invested in a partnership that owned an apartment complex in Texas by making a note to European American Bank. Northwestern issued a bond to guarantee the note. Lutz defaulted...

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