Bdo Seidman, LLP v. Peter Harris

              FOURTH DIVISION
March 13, 2008
No. 1-06-2899
BDO SEIDMAN, LLP, ) Appeal from the
) Circuit Court of
Plaintiff-Appellant, ) Cook County
)
v. ) No. 02 CH 10438
)
PETER HARRIS, Individually and as Agent For Those )
Persons Subscribing to Insurance Policy No. 9624771 00; )
NICK WARD, Individually and as Agent For Those Persons )
Subscribing to Insurance Policy Nos. 9624772 00 and )
9624773 00; SYNDICATE 2020 at Lloyd's of London )
(Lloyd's ); SYNDICATE 435 at Lloyd's; SYNDICATE 510 )
at Lloyd's; SYNDICATE 190 at Lloyd's; SYNDICATE )
702 at Lloyd's; SYNDICATE 33 at Lloyd's; SYNDICATE )
1207 At Lloyd's; 839 at Lloyd's; with all the respect to ) Honorable
the 1999 year of account; LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE ) Richard A. Seibel and
COMPANY (UK) LIMITED; QBE INTERNATIONAL ) Honorable
INSURANCE LIMITED; LEXINGTON INSURANCE ) Stuart E. Palmer,
COMPANY; and SR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ) Judges Presiding.
INSURANCE CO., LTD., ))
Defendants-Appellees. )
JUSTICE O'BRIEN delivered the opinion of the court:
Plaintiff, BDO Seidman, LLP, brought an insurance coverage action against defendants,
the underwriters of plaintiff's professional liability policy, for their failure to indemnify plaintiff
against a loss allegedly covered by the policy. The trial court granted defendants' motion to
dismiss count I of plaintiff's fourth amended complaint that sought indemnification for $16
million of plaintiff's total loss under the policy. Plaintiff appeals pursuant to Supreme Court
Rule 304(a) (155 Ill. 2d R. 304(a)). We affirm.
Plaintiff is in the public accounting business and provided tax accounting services to