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Catherine M. Crisham
Partner
E-mail:
ccrisham@batescarey.com
Phone:
(312) 762-3110
Practice Areas:
Catherine
M. Crisham is a partner whose practice focuses on a variety of insurance coverage
issues, including environmental, noise-induced hearing loss, chemical/solvent
exposure, and repetitive strain. Since 1994, she has represented several insurance
companies, at the trial and appellate court level, in litigation regarding coverage
for environmental damages, and for FELA claims brought by railroad employees against
their employers. She is one of a small number of defense counsel who represent
insurance companies in such actions across the country. Her
significant decisions include: - Missouri
Pac. R.R. v. American Re-Insurance Co., 286 Ill. App. 3d 129, 676 N.E.2d 965
(Ill. App. 2d Dist. 1997) (on issue of first impression, holding that noise-induced
hearing loss is an occupational disease; that the "cessation from work clause
was unambiguous; and that discovery as to development of unambiguous terms of
policy was properly precluded)
- Floyd’s
Sales & Serv. Inc. v. Universal Underwriters Ins. Co., 910 F. Supp. 464
(D. Neb. 1995) (summary judgment entered in favor of insurer on grounds that term
“damages” as used in the policies’ insuring clause did not include
insured’s liability for CERCLA response costs)
Her
publications include: - "Significant
Recent Case Developments: Important Issues That Never Get Discussed," D.R.I.
Defense Practice Seminar, Insurance Coverage for Environmental Claims (October
1994)
She
received a J.D. from Loyola University of Chicago School of Law in 1991 where
she was a Senior Member of the Loyola University of Chicago Law Journal and the
Lead Articles Editor of the Loyola University of Chicago Consumer Law Reporter.
She received a B.A. in English Literature from the College of the Holy Cross in
1988. She is admitted
to the Illinois bar and is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the Defense
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