Legal Opinion
Edward T. Joyce & Associates, P.C. v. Professionals Direct Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 21, 2016No. 14-3341PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
The Illinois law firm of Edward T. Joyce & Associates, P.C., purchased professionalliability insurance from. Professionals Direct Insurance Company, a Michigan-based insurer. In 2007 the Joyce firm won a, large damages award for a class of securities-fraud plaintiffs and hired another law firm to sue to collect the money from the defendant’s insurers. Some of the class members thought the Joyce firm should have handled this aspect of the litigation itself under the terms of its contingency-fee agreement. The class members took the firm to arbitration over the extra fees…
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