Palmer & Cay – Defense of Company and Executive

  • Client: Palmer & Cay, Inc.
  • Date: 2003
  • Location: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Summary:

Schiff Hardin defended Palmer & Cay and one of its executives in a lawsuit filed by the executive's former employer, Marsh & McLennan. The suit was one of a series of cases that Marsh pursued against Palmer & Cay and its management team after Palmer & Cay expanded into the Midwest to compete with Marsh. The case was hotly contested through discovery, and then settled after imposition of discovery sanctions against Marsh.

Marsh USA, Inc. and Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. v. James S. Wylie and Palmer & Cay, Inc. (N.D. Illinois, 2003)