Insurer Wants No Part of Attorneys’ Brawl

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Andrew Findley

Courthouse News Service; January 14, 2014

CHICAGO (CN) – State Farm wants no part in defending a public defender who allegedly jumped on a prosecutor’s back, twisted his neck, slammed him to the ground and sat on him.
State Farm Fire & Casualty Company sued Henry Hams and Michael McCormick in Cook County Court.
The insurer claims policy exclusions allow it to bow out of the affair that began 3½ years ago between Hams, a Cook County public defender, and McCormick, an assistant state’s attorney.

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