North American Elite Insurance Company v. Menard Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION NORTH AMERICAN ELITE INSURANCE ) COMPANY, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) No. 19 C 6528 v. ) ) Judge Sara L. Ellis MENARD INC., ) ) Defendant. ) OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff North American Elite Insurance Company (“NAE”) contracted with Defendant Menard Inc. to provide excess insurance coverage with liability limits of $25 million (the “NAE policy”). Menard could only reach this coverage if it exhausted its self-insurance of $2 million and excess coverage of $1 million, insured by Greenwich Insurance Company (“Greenwich”). Menard…