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List of Forms by Chapter - Chapter 1 — Declaratory Judgments
- Chapter 2 — Bad-Faith Refusal To Settle and Unreasonable Failure To Settle
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I. Causes of Action - II. What Law Controls
- III. Elements
- IV. Relevant Standard Jury Instructions
- V. Statute of Limitations
- VI. Parties
- VII. [2.13] Special Considerations
- VIII. Remedies — Special Issues
- IX. Checklists for Complaints
- X. Affirmative Defenses Specific to Causes of Action
- XI. Related Actions
- XII. [2.22] Sample Form
- Chapter 3 — Negligent Issuance of a Life Insurance Policy
- Chapter 4 — Insurance Broker Malpractice
- I. [4.1] Causes of Action
- [4.2] History of Causes of Action
- [4.3] Insurance Broker vs. Captive Agent
- [4.4] New Standard Under Skaperdas v. Country Casualty Insurance Co.
- [4.5] Breach of the Duty of Ordinary Care and Skill — 735 ILCS 5/2-2201
- [4.6] Breach of Contract
- [4.7] Breach of Fiduciary Duty as to Financial Aspects
- [4.8] Negligent Misrepresentation
- [4.9] Common-Law Fraud
- [4.10] Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act
- II. [4.11] Evidence and Expert Witnesses
- III. [4.12] Illinois Pattern Jury Instructions
- IV. Defenses
- V. [4.18] Additional Parties and Counts
- VI. [4.23] Discovery
- VII. [4.26] Insurance Broker Best Practices
- VIII. [4.27] Checklist for Complaint
- Tyler D. Beckerle
Tyler D. Beckerle
Tyler D. Beckerle is Counsel at Roper & Associates in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he focuses on insurance defense. Beckerle is a member of the Illinois and Missouri State Bar Associations. He earned his B.A. from the University of Central Arkansas and his J.D. from the University of Missouri.
- Patrick C. Frye
Patrick C. Frye
Patrick C. Frye is a Partner at Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP, in Chicago, where he focuses on reinsurance, insurance, and other commercial disputes. Frye is a member of the Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar. He earned his B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his J.D. from Havard Law School.
- John F. Watson
John F. Watson
John F. Watson is a Partner at Craig & Craig, LLC, in Mattoon, where he focuses on civil defense litigation. Watson is first vice president of the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel, was the editor-in-chief for the IDC Quarterly, and has received an “AV Preeminent” rating from the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review. He earned his B.S. from Bradley University and his J.D. with honors from The John Marshall Law School, where he served as an associate editor for The John Marshall Law Review.
- John E. Zulkey
John E. Zulkey
John E. Zulkey is Assistant Vice President of Complex Public Liability Claims at Westfield Specialty Insurance, where he focuses his practice on errors and omissions/cyber claims. He is a member of the Armadillo Club and a Past Chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Civil Practice Committee. Mr. Zulkey is the author of Related Acts Provisions: Patterns Amidst the Chaos, 50 Val.U.L.Rev. 633 (2016). He received his JD magna cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law.
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