AMERICAN SAFETY CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY v. CITY OF WAUKEGAN

Case No. 07 C 1990.

AMERICAN SAFETY CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF WAUKEGAN, Defendant. CITY OF WAUKEGAN, Counter-Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN SAFETY CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, INTERSTATE INDEMNITY COMPANY, CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS OF LONDON, NORTHFIELD INSURANCE COMPANIES, WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION, EVANSTON INSURANCE COMPANY, S. ALEJANDRO DOMINGUEZ, AND PAUL HENDLEY, Counter-Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

March 19, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

American Safety Casualty Insurance Company, Plaintiff, represented by Daile V. McCann , Asperger Associates LLC, Jeffrey J. Asperger , Asperger Associates, LLC & John R Bowley , Asperger Associates LLC.

Scottsdale Insurance Company, Plaintiff, represented by Kurt M. Zitzer , Meagher & Geer, P.L.L.P., Louis Anthony Varchetto , Mulherin, Rehfeldt & Varchetto, P.C., Ray Hunter Rittenhouse , Mulherin, Rehfeldt & Varchetto, P.C. & Shana Anne O'Grady , Mulherin, Rehfeldt & Varchetto, P.C..

City of Waukegan, Illinois, Defendant, represented by Paulette A. Petretti , Scariano, Himes & Petrarca Chtd, Alicia Nichole Garcia , Scariano, Himes and Petrarca, Chtd., Anthony G. Scariano , Scariano, Himes and Petrarca, Daniel Playfair Field , Scariano, Himes & Petrarca, Darcee Corinne Williams , Scariano, Himes and Petrarca & Kimberly Payne , Scariano, Himes & Petrarca Chtd.

Westport Insurance Corporation, Defendant, represented by Bruce A. Radke , Vedder Price P.C. & Kevin J. Kuhn , Vedder Price P.C..

Westport Insurance Corporation, Third Party Defendant, represented by Bruce A. Radke , Vedder Price P.C., Kevin J. Kuhn , Vedder Price P.C. & Laurel A. Dearborn , Vedder Price P.C..

Scottsdale Insurance Company, Counter Defendant, represented by Ray Hunter Rittenhouse , Mulherin, Rehfeldt & Varchetto, P.C..

Interstate Indemnity Company, Counter Defendant, represented by Mark Robert Filip , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Carter Bryan Stewart , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Dana A Rice , Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Gabor Balassa , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Jennifer Kristen Gust , Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Joshua G. Vincent , Hinshaw & Culbertson, Kent J. Cummings , Hinshaw & Culbertson & Robert John Gibbons , Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP.

LLoyds of London, Counter Defendant, represented by Robert Paul Arnold , Walker Wilcox Matousek LLP.

Northfield Insurance Company, Counter Defendant, represented by Michael John Duffy , Tressler LLP, Ashley L. Conaghan , Tressler LLP & Jeffrey Mark Alperin , Tressler LLP.

S Alejandro Dominguez, Counter Defendant, represented by Jonathan I. Loevy , Loevy & Loevy, Arthur R. Loevy , Loevy & Loevy, Bradley Stephen Block , Law Offices of Bradley Block & Michael I Kanovitz , Loevy & Loevy.

Westport Insurance Corporation, Counter Defendant, represented by Bruce A. Radke , Vedder Price P.C..

Service List,, represented by Kurt M. Zitzer , Meagher & Geer, P.L.L.P., Louis Anthony Varchetto , Mulherin, Rehfeldt & Varchetto, P.C., Ray Hunter Rittenhouse , Mulherin, Rehfeldt & Varchetto, P.C. & Shana Anne O'Grady , Mulherin, Rehfeldt & Varchetto, P.C..

City of Waukegan, Illinois, Counter Claimant, represented by Paulette A. Petretti , Scariano, Himes & Petrarca Chtd, Alicia Nichole Garcia , Scariano, Himes and Petrarca, Chtd., Anthony G. Scariano , Scariano, Himes and Petrarca, Daniel Playfair Field , Scariano, Himes & Petrarca, Darcee Corinne Williams , Scariano, Himes and Petrarca & Kimberly Payne , Scariano, Himes & Petrarca Chtd.

American Safety Casualty Insurance Company, Counter Defendant, represented by Daile V. McCann , Asperger Associates LLC, Jeffrey J. Asperger , Asperger Associates, LLC & John R Bowley , Asperger Associates LLC.

Interstate Indemnity Company, Cross Claimant, represented by Mark Robert Filip , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Carter Bryan Stewart , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Gabor Balassa , Kirkland & Ellis LLP & Jennifer Kristen Gust , Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP.

S Alejandro Dominguez, Cross Defendant, represented by Jonathan I. Loevy , Loevy & Loevy, Arthur R. Loevy , Loevy & Loevy, Bradley Stephen Block , Law Offices of Bradley Block & Michael I Kanovitz , Loevy & Loevy.

Interstate Indemnity Company, Counter Claimant, represented by Mark Robert Filip , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Carter Bryan Stewart , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Gabor Balassa , Kirkland & Ellis LLP & Jennifer Kristen Gust , Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP.

City of Waukegan, Illinois, Counter Defendant, represented by Paulette A. Petretti , Scariano, Himes & Petrarca Chtd, Anthony G. Scariano , Scariano, Himes and Petrarca, Daniel Playfair Field , Scariano, Himes & Petrarca & Darcee Corinne Williams , Scariano, Himes and Petrarca.

Westport Insurance Corporation, Counter Claimant, represented by Bruce A. Radke , Vedder Price P.C..

City of Waukegan, Illinois, Counter Defendant, represented by Paulette A. Petretti , Scariano, Himes & Petrarca Chtd, Anthony G. Scariano , Scariano, Himes and Petrarca, Daniel Playfair Field , Scariano, Himes & Petrarca & Darcee Corinne Williams , Scariano, Himes and Petrarca.

Westport Insurance Corporation, Counter Claimant, represented by Bruce A. Radke , Vedder Price P.C. & Kevin J. Kuhn , Vedder Price P.C..

City of Waukegan, Illinois, Counter Defendant, represented by Paulette A. Petretti , Scariano, Himes & Petrarca Chtd, Alicia Nichole Garcia , Scariano, Himes and Petrarca, Chtd., Anthony G. Scariano , Scariano, Himes and Petrarca, Daniel Playfair Field , Scariano, Himes & Petrarca & Darcee Corinne Williams , Scariano, Himes and Petrarca.

Westport Insurance Corporation, Cross Claimant, represented by Bruce A. Radke , Vedder Price P.C. & Kevin J. Kuhn , Vedder Price P.C..

S Alejandro Dominguez, Cross Defendant, represented by Jonathan I. Loevy , Loevy & Loevy, Arthur R. Loevy , Loevy & Loevy, Bradley Stephen Block , Law Offices of Bradley Block & Michael I Kanovitz , Loevy & Loevy.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

VIRGINIA M. KENDALL, District Judge.

After Alejandro Dominguez won a judgment of over $9 million against the City of Waukegan ("the City" or "Waukegan") for violations of his civil rights, Waukegan sued its various insurers, asserting that they should have defended and/or indemnified the City in Dominguez's case. The Court will not review the tortured procedural history of this case in great detail; for...

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