CHICAGO - Even though an insurer retained an attorney to defend its insured in personal injury cases, an Illinois appeals panel on April 17 held that, in light of the attorney's subsequent failure to actually take sufficient actions on the insured's behalf, the insurer failed to fulfill its duty to defend (Bonifacio Delatorre Jr. v. Safeway Insurance Co., No. 1-12-0852, Ill. App., 1st Dist., 3rd Div.; 2013 IL App (1st) 120852; 2013 Ill. App. LEXIS 240)....(read more)Image may be NSFW.
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