Illinois Panel: Appeal Seeking Coverage For $8.4M Junk Fax Ads Award Is Untimely

(December 6, 2016, 1:46 PM EST) -- CHICAGO — An Illinois appeals panel held Dec. 5 that it lacks jurisdiction to hear a claimant’s appeal in a dispute over insurance coverage for an underlying $8,414,374.50 judgment arising from unsolicited fax advertisements in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), rejecting the claimant’s argument that its certificate of service was timely under the “mailbox rule” (Targin Sign Systems, Inc. v. Illinois Casualty Co., No. 1-15-3538, Ill. App., 1st Dist., 1st Div.; 2016 Ill. App. Unpub. LEXIS 2562)....

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