Judge:  Insurer Can Use Its Own Counsel For Insured's Faulty Work Claim Defense

Mealey's (September 15, 2020, 11:05 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — An insurer may proceed with its chosen counsel in the defense of a subcontractor against allegations that the subcontractor's faulty work caused an apartment building's structural column to fail, an Illinois federal judge ruled Sept. 14 because the subcontractor failed to show that there would be a conflict of interest from the insurer (Builders Concrete Services, LLC v. Westfield National Insurance Company, No. 19-7792, N.D. Ill., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 167145)....