Society Insurance v. Cermak Produce No. 11, Inc. et al

  1. July 27, 2023

    Insurer Must Defend Grocery Store In BIPA Suit, Judge Rules

    A Chicago-area supermarket's insurer must defend it in a proposed class action alleging it violated employees' biometric privacy rights, an Illinois federal court ruled Thursday, finding three separate exclusions in the supermarket's policies contained no "unifying thread" limiting their broadness.

  2. April 11, 2023

    Too Early For Insurer To Duck BIPA Coverage, Court Told

    A grocery chain asked an Illinois federal court to reject its insurer's bid for a quick judgment that there is no coverage for the chain's underlying Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act litigation, saying that "limited discovery" should be taken in the case before the court rules on anything.

  3. March 19, 2021

    Insurer Wants Out Of Fingerprint Scanning Privacy Suit

    Society Insurance Co. has sued its policyholder Cermak Produce No. 11 in an Illinois federal court, seeking a declaration that it is not on the hook to defend the grocery supplier in a biometric privacy class action alleging Cermak scanned and recorded its employees' fingerprints without their consent.