Illinois Panel Affirms Court’s Ruling In Dispute Between County, Broker

(July 1, 2020, 7:04 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — An Illinois appeals panel on June 30 held that a complaint by Cook County, Ill., against its insurance broker was not time-barred and that a lower court did not err in denying the broker’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict on a jury's findings on both breach of contract and setoff, further rejecting the county’s request for an additur on special damages and affirming the lower court’s ruling in favor of the broker on the county’s breach of fiduciary duty claim (County of Cook v. USI Insurance Services Corp of Illinois, Inc., No. 18-1889, Ill. App, 1st Dist., 3rd Div., 2020 Ill. App. Unpub. LEXIS 1169)....

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