Hoke LLC succeeded, without litigation, in reaching a $12,000,000 claim settlement for asbestos/products liability losses on behalf of a Fortune 500 Company in a major insurance insolvency under one excess policy. The client was major agricultural equipment supplier that had significant long-tail products, asbestos and welding rod claims. After their claim in the insurance insolvency was originally denied, and within... Read More

Hoke LLC successfully commuted all remaining primary and excess coverage for a major asbestos defendant (except for just one excess policy) without resort to coverage litigation. The policyholder recovered as much as 110% of stated limits for certain coverage. The overall blended recovery was approximately 85% of limits. None of the funds were contingent on future loss experience, and... Read More

Hoke LLC successfully completed the logistical transfer of defense responsibilities, including all underlying processes, from the primary insurance carriers to the excess carriers for a major products liability asbestos defendant.  This is the third time that Hoke LLC has managed this process for a major asbestos defendant, making Hoke LLC the most capable firm in America to help your... Read More

Hoke LLC represented owners of a grocery store chain that sustained a complete fire loss. The first-party property insurer denied the claim in total. Within just two months of being hired, Hoke LLC modified the claim and negotiated a settlement without having to file litigation. The settlement provided full recovery for both property damage and lost business income. Read More

Hoke LLC successfully prosecuted a minority shareholder action involving a nationally known investment bank resulting in a bankruptcy filing by the firm CEO. The award withstood litigation challenges and was ultimately worth approximately $30 million. Hoke LLC’s clients purchased the CEO’s stock net of the award in the bankruptcy and now wholly own the firm. Read More

18 Insurers filed 35 Motions for Summary Judgment against Hoke LLC’s client on the same day in a high-profile, long-tail insurance case. Hoke LLC successfully briefed, argued and defeated all 35 motions. Defeating these motions enhanced the likelihood that our client will recover all of the insurance that it purchased and paid premiums for over a 30 year period. Read More

Hoke LLC secured a landmark cost-in-addition to limits duty to defend ruling against an excess insurer – the first such reported decision in Illinois. Hoke LLC noted some manuscript language in an obscure Condition J. clause that was used to leverage this first-of-its-kind ruling. This effectively doubled the recoverable limits for the client to as much as $150 million... Read More

Steve Hoke secured a finding that various Lloyd’s syndicates were no longer “admitted” in Illinois, thus forcing it to post a $7 million “pre-answer” bond in lieu of default – the first ever such ruling in Illinois and the nation. Shortly after the ruling, London agreed for the first time to pay defense costs for Hoke’s client, a top... Read More

In Michigan State Court, Hoke LLC argued and won an appeal of the dismissal of an offensive coverage action filed by an insurer in a complex $100 million environmental coverage action in favor of a more favorable jurisdiction. Read More

Steve Hoke served as an expert witness on historical insurance practices for a large national law firm in multi-state litigation involving “long-tail” losses. Read More