Legal Opinion
Commonwealth Insurance v. Stone Container Corp.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided December 20, 2001No. 99 C 8471PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SCHENKIER, United States Magistrate Judge.
Stone Container Corporation (“Stone”), the defendant and counterclaim plaintiff, has filed a motion to disqualify a testifying expert (and the expert’s law firm) designated by Aon Risk Services Inc., of Illinois (“Aon”): Mr. Paul W. Sugarman, a partner and shareholder of the firm Heller Ehr-man White & McAuliffe, LLP (“Heller Ehrman”). Stone brings this motion seeking disqualification under Model Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 1.7 and 1.10, which have been adopted (without changes material here) by this Court as…
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