Insurer Has No Duty To Pay $4M ‘Blast Fax’ Ads Settlement, Illinois Panel Affirms

(April 4, 2016, 11:09 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — An Illinois appeals panel held on March 30 that a commercial general liability insurer is not obligated to indemnify its insured’s assignee for an underlying $4 million settlement over a “blast fax” ads dispute, noting as an aside its concern that underlying Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class lawsuits are not about compensating class members but have everything to do with compensating the class action lawyers (First Mercury Insurance Co. v. Nationwide Security Services Inc., et al., No. 1-14-3924, Ill. App., 1st Dist., Div. 3; 2016 Ill. App. Unpub. LEXIS 636)....

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