An Illinois judge has sided with global commercial real estate services giant Cushman & Wakefield in a dispute with its insurers over more than $33 million in legal fees it racked up fighting lawsuits stemming from appraisals performed for developers prior to the 2008 recession.

Ruling on summary judgment, U.S. District Judge Joan Lefkow of the Northern District of Illinois said that Illinois National Insurance, ACE American Insurance, Liberty Mutual Insurance and RLI Insurance were obligated to provide tiered levels of professional liability coverage to Cushman under their contracts.