Illinois Emcasco Insurance v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance

Plaintiff, Illinois Emcasco Insurance Company (Emcasco), appeals orders of the circuit court of Cook County compelling production of certain documents and imposing a monetary sanction after finding Emcasco in contempt of court. The circuit court entered these orders after Emcasco refused to produce documents containing communications between Emcasco and its coverage counsel in a declaratory judgment action against defendant Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company (Nationwide), on the ground that the documents were protected from discovery by the attorney-client privilege. For the following…