Browning v. Heritage Insurance

Plaintiff recovered a judgment in the amount of $30,000 in her personal injury suit against Gordon T. Johnson who was insured by the defendant. The judgment was affirmed on appeal in 132 Ill.App.2d 85. Johnson assigned his rights in the insurance policy to the plaintiff, who sought recovery below against the defendant for the excess of the judgment over the $10,000 policy limits on the theory that defendant had wrongfully refused to settle for the policy limits.

Plaintiff’s complaint and various amendments were stricken on defendant’s motion. The last pleading filed by plaintiff was entitled…