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Chapter 1 — Declaratory Judgments

Chapter 2 — Bad-Faith Refusal To Settle and Unreasonable Failure To Settle

I. Causes of Action

[2.1] Bad-Faith Refusal To Settle

[2.2] 215 ILCS 5/155

II. What Law Controls

[2.3] Bad-Faith Refusal To Settle

[2.4] 215 ILCS 5/155

III. Elements

[2.5] Bad-Faith Refusal To Settle

[2.6] 215 ILCS 5/155

IV. Relevant Standard Jury Instructions

[2.7] Bad-Faith Refusal To Settle

[2.8] 215 ILCS 5/155

V. Statute of Limitations

[2.9] Bad-Faith Refusal To Settle

[2.10] 215 ILCS 5/155

VI. Parties

[2.11] Bad-Faith Refusal To Settle

[2.12] 215 ILCS 5/155

VII. Special Considerations

[2.13] Bad-Faith Refusal To Settle

[2.14] 215 ILCS 5/155

VIII. Remedies — Special Issues

[2.15] Bad-Faith Refusal To Settle

[2.16] 215 ILCS 5/155

IX. Checklists for Complaints

[2.17] Bad-Faith Refusal To Settle

[2.18] 215 ILCS 5/155

X. Affirmative Defenses Specific to Causes of Action

[2.19] Bad-Faith Refusal To Settle

[2.20] 215 ILCS 5/155

XI. Related Actions

[2.21] Breach of Contract

[2.22] Fraud

XII. [2.23] Sample Form

Chapter 3 — Negligent Issuance of a Life Insurance Policy

Chapter 4 — Insurance Broker Malpractice

Authors

R. Sean Hocking
R. Sean Hocking
R. Sean Hocking is a member of Craig & Craig, LLC, in Mattoon, where he focuses his practice primarily on the areas of commercial real estate, insurance defense, and products liability. Mr. Hocking is a member of the American and Illinois State Bar Associations and is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He received his B.S. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from Southern Illinois University School of Law.
John Kasserman
John Kasserman
John Kasserman is an associate at The Memmen Law Firm, LLC, in Chicago, where he focuses his practice in personal injury litigation. Mr. Kasserman is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and received his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
Alexander Memmen
Alexander Memmen
Alexander Memmen is Principal at The Memmen Law Firm, LLC, in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on civil litigation. Mr. Memmen is a Director for the Chicago Bar Association Young Lawyers Section and is Director of the YLS Future of the Profession Committee. He also is Cochair of the Chicago Bar Association Moot Court Committee. Mr. Memmen received his J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School.
Chase A. Rich
Chase A. Rich
Chase A. Rich is an associate at Craig & Craig, LLC, in Mattoon, where he concentrates in civil litigation. Mr. Rich is a member of the Illinois Defense Counsel and the Illinois State Bar Association. He received his B.S. summa cum laude from Southern Illinois University and his J.D. cum laude from Southern Illinois University School of Law.
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.

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Causes of Action: Insurance Litigation (ARCHIVED 2021 EDITION)

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