Judge:  Insurer Owes Insurers Pro Rata Share Of Defense Costs For Nuisance Suit

Mealey's ( October 30, 2019, 1:11 PM EDT) -- SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A federal judge in Illinois on Oct. 25 held that a commercial general liability insurer must pay two other CGL insurers a pro rata share of the costs they incurred defending their hog feeding operations insured against an underlying lawsuit, as well as prejudgment interest from the date the insured retendered the lawsuit to the first insurer  (Westfield Insurance Company v. Indemnity Insurance Company of North America, et al., Nos. 16-3298 and 14-3040, C.D. Ill., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 185978)....