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Tortfeasor May Not Shift Punitive Damages Claim to Insurer under Illinois Law

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held an insurer did not breach its duty to protect a group of detectives from punitive damages in a civil rights action. The court further questioned whether Illinois law would allow a suit that shifted the burden of punitive damages from the tortfeasor to ...

 

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