In insurance coverage litigation, does an insurance company have to identify and produce documents regarding the company’s handling of prior unrelated claims? Insurance companies often object to such requests on the grounds that they are irrelevant, overly broad, unduly burdensome, and even protected by a privilege. In the Illinois Appellate Court Fifth District’s recent decision […]
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Does the Illinois Insurance Code Allow Judicial Review of Arbitrators’ Interlocutory Discovery Orders Prior to a Final Adjudication?
February 27, 2014
Klehr v. Illinois Farmers Ins. Co., No. 121843, 1st Dist. No. 1-12-1843 The plaintiff was a passenger in a car hit by an uninsured driver. She suffered substantial injuries. And, the driver of the car in which the plaintiff rode was underinsured. Thus, her medical costs were not fully covered by insurance from either of […]