{"id":6634,"date":"2017-09-21T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/?p=6634"},"modified":"2019-12-29T11:49:40","modified_gmt":"2019-12-29T11:49:40","slug":"illinois-appellate-court-finds-insurer-obligated-defend-vicarious-liability-even-though-complaint-not-allege","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-finds-insurer-obligated-defend-vicarious-liability-even-though-complaint-not-allege\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Appellate Court Finds That Insurer is Obligated to Defend for Vicarious Liability Even Though the Complaint Does Not Allege"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This case was brought as a declaratory judgment action filed by the plaintiff, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pekininsurance.com\/\">Pekin Insurance Co.<\/a>, seeking a declaration that it owed the defendant <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lexington-station.com\/\">Lexington Station LLC<\/a> no duty to defend it in a personal injury lawsuit filed by Marcos Botello against Lexington.<\/p>\n<p>Pekin had issued a commercial general liability (CGL) policy to ACC Inc. The defendant, Marcos Botello, was injured during the effective policy period while working as an employee of ACC on a development project owned by Lexington. Botello filed a personal injury lawsuit against Lexington. Lexington in turn tendered the defense of the case to Pekin, which refused to tender and then filed this declaratory judgment action. Pekin argued that it had no duty to defend Lexington as an additional insured under the policy issued to ACC.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westfieldinsurance.com\/root\/pg.jsp?page=index\">Westfield Insurance Co.<\/a>, as Lexington\u2019s own CGL insurer, intervened in the declaratory action and argued, along with Lexington, that Pekin did owe a duty to defendant. The circuit court denied Pekin\u2019s motion for summary judgment and granted Lexington and Westfield\u2019s cross-motion for judgment on the pleadings, finding that Pekin had a duty to defend Lexington. Pekin appealed.\u00a0 It argued that the court\u2019s entry of judgment in favor of Lexington and Westfield was in error because (1) Botello\u2019s complaint did not contain allegations that created a potential for a claim of vicarious liability against Lexington; and (2) the circuit court improperly considered a third-party complaint in coming to its conclusion.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-finds-insurer-obligated-defend-vicarious-liability-even-though-complaint-not-allege\/#more-6634\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This case was brought as a declaratory judgment action filed by the plaintiff, Pekin Insurance Co., seeking a declaration that it owed the defendant Lexington Station LLC no duty to defend it in a personal injury lawsuit filed by Marcos Botello against Lexington. Pekin had issued a commercial general liability (CGL) policy to ACC Inc. 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