NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alliant Insurance Services, the nation’s largest specialty insurance brokerage firm, today received a favorable ruling by the New York State Supreme Court involving contempt claims filed against it by Aon Corporation. In denying Aon’s claims, and consistent with Alliant’s interpretation of a December 20, 2011 ruling, Justice Bernard J. Fried affirmed that the December preliminary injunction significantly narrowed the scope of a previous temporary restraining order.
“We are pleased that the Court has rejected Aon’s efforts to improperly expand the injunction beyond what Justice Fried previously ruled,” said Jeffrey S. Klein, lead counsel for Alliant and Chair of the Employment Litigation practice at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. “Today’s ruling helps to clarify the limited scope of the injunction and will hopefully correct some of the confusion in the marketplace. This is an important and positive development, and we will continue to defend our client against Aon.”
In his ruling, Justice Fried concluded that Aon’s broad interpretation of the preliminary injunction was “clearly erroneous” and that “Aon has failed to establish by clear and convincing evidence that Alliant has disobeyed the Order, and thus, Alliant cannot be held in contempt.”
Justice Fried also clarified the narrow scope of the preliminary injunction, reaffirming that Alliant’s California-based producers are not covered by the injunction and that there is only one “employee of Alliant who previously worked for Aon Northeast, had a restrictive covenant, and resigned on June 13, 2011.”
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About Alliant Insurance Services
Headquartered in Newport Beach, Calif., Alliant Insurance Services, Inc. is one of the largest insurance brokerage firms in the United States and has a history dating back to 1925. Alliant provides property and casualty, workers' compensation, employee benefits, surety, and financial products and services to some 20,000 clients nationwide, including public entities, tribal nations, healthcare, energy, law firms, real estate, construction, and other industry groups. More information is available on the company's web site at: www.alliantinsurance.com.