Professional Liability Insurer Has Duty To Defend Attorney, Illinois Panel Affirms

(December 7, 2017, 1:33 PM EST) -- MOUNT VERNON, Ill. — An Illinois appeals panel on Dec. 6 held that underlying claims against an attorney and his law firm can be rationally said to fall within coverage of a professional liability insurance policy, rejecting the insureds’ argument that coverage is barred by the policy’s’ business enterprise exclusion (Bruce A. Wiley, et al. v. Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Co., et al., No. 14-144, Ill. App., 5th Dist.)....

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