Country Mutual Insurance v. Anderson

In declaratory judgment actions, Country Mutual Insurance and Pekin Insurance sought determinations that they had no obligation to defend or indemnify Greg Anderson, G. Lawrence Trucking (Lawrence), and Elmhurst-Chicago Stone (Elmhurst), in an underlying personal injury suit, because they had already paid the plaintiff the limits of their insurance policies. Elmhurst and another of its alleged insurers, Employers Insurance of Wausau (Wausau), filed an affirmative defense and counterclaim for declaratory relief, and following cross-motions for summary judgment, the trial court granted summary…