Lewis v. Royal Globe Insurance Co.

Plaintiff, Lucille Lewis, appeals from a summary judgment entered in favor of defendant, Royal Globe Insurance Company, contending that (1) count I of her complaint for fraud against this defendant was not a direct action against an insurance company prohibited by public policy, (2) the trial court abused its discretion by denying plaintiff’s motion to file an amended complaint, and (3) that defendant’s motion for summary judgment should have been stricken as it was in the nature of a motion to dismiss combining sections 2 — 615 and 2— 1005 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Ill. Rev. Stat.…