Home Indemnity Co. v. General Accident Insurance Co. of America

Plaintiff Home Indemnity Company (Home) appeals an order of the circuit court of Cook County granting defendant General Accident Insurance Company of America’s (General) motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim seeking partial reimbursement of defense costs plaintiff incurred in defending claims against subrogor Crawford & Russell. For the following reasons, we affirm.

In 1986, five personal injury suits were filed against Crawford & Russell, an architectural and engineering firm, in connection with an explosion at a plant, alleging that the explosion was caused in part by Crawford & Russell’s…