Stanley Green, as Assignee of Dexter Hopkins, Cross v. The J.C. Penney Auto Insurance Company, Inc., a Corporation, Defendant- Cross-Appellant

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

This case comes to us on appeal following the district court’s calculation of damages pursuant to an earlier remand of this case by the Court. Our earlier remand established that defendant J.C. Penney Auto Insurance Company, Inc. (“Penney”) wrongfully failed to defend its insured policyholder Dexter Hopkins (“Hopkins”). This appeal brought by plaintiff Stanley Green (“Green”), as assignee of Hopkins, raises several questions regarding the proper calculation of damages under Illinois law for a breach of an insurance company’s duty to defend its insured policyholder.

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