Continental Casualty Co. v. Michigan Mutual Insurance

JUSTICE QUINLAN *

delivered the opinion of the court:

Continental Casualty Company (Continental) filed suit in Cook County, Illinois, against Michigan Mutual Insurance Company (Michigan Mutual) for alleged bad faith in the negotiation and settlement of a claim in Michigan for its insured, U.S. Truck. Continental was U.S. Truck’s excess insurance carrier and Michigan Mutual was U.S. Truck’s primary insurance carrier. Michigan Mutual moved to dismiss the claim under the doctrine of forum non conveniens, based on the fact that Michigan, not Cook County, Illinois, was the more convenient forum. The…