Legal Opinion
Mobil Oil Corp. v. Maryland Casualty Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided May 9, 1997No. 1-96-0351PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE HARTMAN
delivered the opinion of the court:
Defendants Maryland Casualty Company (Maryland) and Northern Insurance Company of New York (Northern) appeal the circuit court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of plaintiff, Mobil Oil Corporation (Mobil), finding defendants liable for Mobil’s attorney fees pursuant to section 155 of the Insurance Code (215 ILCS 5/155(1) (West 1992)) (section 155) and awarding Mobil $442,762 in such fees. Mobil incurred these fees in two separate actions: a tort claim in which Maryland, after initially agreeing to defend Mobil under two liability…
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