North American Elite Insurance Company v. Menard Inc.

1:19-cv-06528

January 13, 2020
Excess Insurer Says Menards Can't Escape $6M Injury Payout

An excess insurer is urging an Illinois federal judge to preserve its claims against home improvement chain Menard Inc., saying the company's bid to escape liability for a $6 million verdict in a lawsuit it refused to settle misinterprets its insurance policy and seeks "a license from the court to act as unreasonably as it wishes."
November 15, 2019
Menards Says Excess Insurer Can't Ditch Share Of $6M Payout

Menard Inc. told an Illinois federal judge Thursday that its excess insurer is trying to avoid paying its part of a $6 million personal injury settlement by citing contract provisions that aren't in the policy that it sold the home improvement chain.
October 02, 2019
Home Improvement Chain Should Have Settled, Insurer Says

An excess insurer told an Illinois federal court Tuesday that it's not on the hook for any portion of the $6 million that home improvement store chain Menard Inc. owes for a personal injury lawsuit after the store blew a chance to settle the case for less than $2 million.