Legal Opinion
General Casualty Co. v. Tracer Industries, Inc.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided December 18, 1996No. 4-96-0416PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green
Plaintiff General Casualty Company filed a petition against defendant Tracer Industries, Inc., to enforce an appraisal clause in a fire insurance policy issued to defendant. The policy provided for the parties to each appoint an appraiser, when necessary, to together appraise the loss suffered by an insured, and for the court to appoint an umpire if the appraisers could not agree. The petition alleged that an appraisal dispute arose here in regard to a fire resulting in total loss of a building in Havana. The court appointed Darrell Hilst umpire.
Hilst presented a report stating he was in…
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