Ohio Casualty Insurance Co. v. Tyler

Defendant, John Barry, appeals from a declaratory judgment of the circuit court of Kane County entered after a bench trial in favor of plaintiff, Ohio Casualty Insurance Company, a corporation, and against Kathy Barry and John Barry. A default judgment had been entered against defendant Ben Tyler.

On October 22,1977, Ben Tyler, while operating a 1977 Ford pickup owned by Jes Smith, was involved in a collision with a vehicle driven by John Barry in which Kathy Barry was a passenger. John and Kathy Barry filed personal injury actions against Ben Tyler and Jes Smith. Ben Tyler claimed insurance…