Schultz v. Illinois Farmers Insurance

This consolidated appeal involves the definition of an “insured” for purposes of both uninsured (UM) and underinsured (UIM) motorist coverage in automobile insurance policies issued by Illinois Farmers Insurance Company (Farmers). Kenneth W. Schultz, executor of the estate of Patricia Smetana, appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Farmers, upholding Farmers’ use of different definitions of an insured under the UM and UIM sections of its policy. In an unrelated case, Farmers appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Barbara Weglarz, finding an…