Call One Inc v. Berkley Insurance Company

  1. October 01, 2025

    Court OKs Policy Rescission In $2.5M Tax Coverage Row

    An insurer for a telecommunications company owes no coverage for its $2.5 million settlement with the Illinois government over claims that it failed to collect and remit certain taxes and fees owed by customers, an Illinois federal court ruled, finding the insurer was entitled to rescind its policy.

  2. March 22, 2023

    Telecom Co. Calls Insurer's Rescission Bid A 'Hail Mary'

    A telecommunications company told an Illinois federal court an insurer's desire to retroactively rescind its policy was a "'Hail Mary' pass" to get out of covering the company's $2.5 million settlement with the state attorney general over whistleblower allegations of tax failures.

  3. February 09, 2023

    Telecom Co. Can't Toss Insurer's Claim It Lied On Application

    Call One Inc. must face its insurer's bid to rescind its policy in a coverage dispute over a $2.5 million settlement with a state attorney general, an Illinois federal court ruled Thursday, saying the insurer has adequately pled that the telecommunications firm made a misrepresentation in its renewal application.

  4. April 11, 2022

    Telecom Co. Says Insurer Can't Escape Coverage Obligations

    An Illinois federal court should toss an insurer's bid to rescind its policy with Call One Inc. in a coverage dispute over a $2.5 million settlement with a state attorney general, the telecommunications company said, arguing that the insurer cannot establish that Call One made misrepresentations in its application.

  5. March 21, 2022

    Prior Knowledge Voids Telecom Co.'s Coverage, Insurer Says

    Berkley Insurance Co. hit back at a telecommunications firm seeking coverage of a $2.5 million settlement it entered with a state attorney general over claims it mishandled state taxes, telling an Illinois federal court the company voided its policy by lying on its application.

  6. February 25, 2022

    Insurer Must Face Telecom Co.'s False Claim Coverage Bid

    An Illinois federal judge said Friday that Berkley Insurance Co. must face a telecommunications company's bid for coverage of a $2.5 million settlement it entered with the state attorney general to avoid litigating whistleblower claims stemming from alleged tax failures.