Wheeler v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.

Plaintiffs, E. Todd Wheeler and the Perkins and Will Partnership, filed an action for a declaratory judgment in the circuit court of Cook County against Aetna Casualty and Surety Company (hereafter Aetna). The circuit court granted plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment but the appellate court reversed and remanded with directions to enter a declaratory judgment in favor of Aetna. (Wheeler v. Aetna Casualty and Surety Co., 11 Ill. App. 3d 841.) We granted leave to appeal.

The Perkins and Will Partnership is an architectural firm and E. Todd Wheeler is a partner therein. Perkins and Will had…