National Fire Insurance of Hartford v. Walsh Construction Co.

The circuit court granted summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff, National Fire Insurance of Hartford, finding it had no duty to defend the defendants, Walsh Construction Company and The Chicago Historical Society (the CHS), in an underlying construction negligence suit filed by an employee of a subcontractor. We affirm the circuit court’s ruling that the underlying negligence suit alleges no facts that fall potentially within the coverage of National Fire’s commercial general liability policy (CGL), which names the defendants as additional insureds. We also hold that the circuit court…