Illinois Panel:  Stay Of Insurer’s Declaratory Judgment Suit Was ‘Unwarranted’

(May 22, 2020, 1:42 PM EDT) -- SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — An Illinois appeals panel on May 21 held that a lower court abused its discretion when it granted an insured’s motion to stay a commercial general liability insurer’s declaratory judgment lawsuit disputing coverage for an underlying Lanham Act lawsuit brought against the insured, reversing the lower court (Pekin Insurance Company v. KCJ Consulting, Inc., et al., No. 4-19-0831, Ill. App., 4th Dist., 2020 Ill. App. Unpub. LEXIS 888)....

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