Judge:  Insurer Has No Duty To Contribute To $8.96M Judgment For Worker’s Injury

Mealey's (May 7, 2020, 7:10 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A federal judge on May 5 held that a painting company’s commercial insurer has no duty to contribute to an underlying $8.96 million judgment entered against a food company for an underlying personal injury lawsuit, finding that the evidence shows that the insurer and the food company entered into an oral settlement that released the insurer from indemnification (Wausau Underwriters Insurance Company, et al. v. The Cincinnati Insurance Company, No. 17-5952, N.D. Ill., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 78737)....