Matthew Sitzer at Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, focuses on insurance-related litigation for major clients like Medtronic and Liberty Mutual. Handling disputes involving multi-million-dollar claims, Schoenfeld manages complex insurance issues with notable expertise in high-stakes cases.
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Work highlights
- Representing Liberty Mutual in a coverage action against Edlong regarding its duty to defend and indemnify against lawsuits alleging bodily injuries from toxic chemicals in food flavorings, with the court finding no duty for 20 lawsuits but a duty for two under specific policy exclusions before the case was voluntarily dismissed.
- Serving as counsel for Employers Insurance of Wausau in a declaratory judgment action against Griffith Foods International, seeking to establish that no insurance coverage exists for lawsuits alleging cancer from ethylene oxide emissions, with Griffith counterclaiming for coverage and the case consolidated with related lawsuits in Cook County.