Friday, July 11, 2014

Elements to Consider for Good Faith Analysis of Settlement Demand



Illinois Court Outlines Elements to Consider for Good Faith Analysis of Settlement Demand


Cozen O'Connor presents the latest edition of the Global Insurance - Bad Faith Alert titled "Illinois Court Outlines Elements to Consider for Good Faith Analysis of Settlement Demand" by Kevin Kamraczewski and Megan E. Whitehill

To settle or not to settle: that is the question for liability insurers. If you are pondering whether you must accept a plaintiff’s settlement offer, read on. A recent Illinois case, Huang v. Brenson, 7 N.E.3d 729 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014), may shed some light.

Plaintiff John Z. Huang represented Yongping Zhou in a deportation suit. Mid-suit, Zhou terminated the representation and retained another attorney. Throughout the course of the litigation, Zhou hired several more attorneys and ultimately succeeded in vacating his domestic violence conviction after spending two years in an Immigration and Naturalization Service detention center. Zhou then sued Huang for legal malpractice.

The full article presented by Cozen O'Conner can be found here.



Kevin Kamraczewski
Member
Global Insurance Department
(312) 382-3156
kkamraczewski@cozen.com




Megan E. Whitehill
Associate
Litigation Section
(212) 453-3721
mwhitehill@cozen.com


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