Untimely Intervention Sinks Insurer Challenge To Allegedly Collusive $20MM Settlement

In CE Design Ltd. v. King Supply Co., LLC, No. 12-2930, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 11117 (7th Cir. June 29, 2015), the Seventh Circuit denied as untimely the attempted intervention of three insurers (all CNA companies) into the underlying lawsuit. The insurers were, in turn, unable to challenge the approval of a $20 million settlement between the policyholder, King Supply Co., LLC, and Plaintiff CE Design Ltd. (and its co-plaintiff).

The underlying case involved a junk fax lawsuit filed by CE Design against King …

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