St. John v. City of Naperville

Third-party defendant, Utility Dynamics Corporation (Utility), brings this interlocutory appeal pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 308 (87 Ill. 2d R. 308) from a summary judgment in favor of third-party plaintiff, the city of Naperville, in which the trial court determined that Utility’s contractual obligation to obtain insurance protecting Naperville from liability was not void as against public policy.

In 1978, the parties entered into a contract in which Utility agreed to construct an extension of the city’s electrical system and to procure insurance coverage to protect Naperville from…