American Home Assurance Co. v. City of Granite

Mr. JUSTICE GEORGE J. MORAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff American Home Assurance Company (AHA) brought an action for a declaratory judgment in order to establish its rights and obligations under a professional liability insurance policy issued to the City of Granite City. Plaintiff alleged that the City had forfeited its rights under the policy with respect to a shooting incident which occurred on May 22, 1973 as a result of the City’s failure to comply with the policy provisions requiring notice as soon as practicable of an incident likely to give rise to a claim under the…