Legal Opinion
American Economy Insurance Company v. Holabird and Root
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided March 31, 2008No. 1-05-0403 RelPublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE McBRIDE
delivered the opinion of the court:
Defendant Caroline Cogtella filed a lawsuit against defendants DePaul University (DePaul), L&L Engineers and Holabird & Root (H&R), alleging that she suffered bodily injury due to her exposure to the fluorescent lighting selected and installed in DePaul University’s Goldblatt building. H&R tendered its defense of Cogtella’s complaint to plaintiff American Economy Insurance Co. (American Economy) because American Economy was the insurer of Hetrick Electric Co. (Hetrick), the electrical subcontractor that H&R hired to install the…
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