Legal Opinion
Yelm v. Country Mutual Insurance
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided May 19, 1970No. Gen. 69-131PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStouder, J.
Plaintiff-Appellant, Linda Sue Yelm, commenced this action in the Circuit Court of Henry County seeking damages against Country Mutual Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellee, the action being based on the defendant’s alleged negligent failure to settle plaintiff’s claim. The court sustained a motion to dismiss the complaint based on the failure of the complaint to state a cause of action from which judgment this appeal follows.
The facts are undisputed. Plaintiff secured a judgment in the Circuit Court of Henry County for $40,000 against one Gurney Masters. The judgment was based on Masters’…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Gothberg v. NemerovskiAppellate Court of Illinois · 1965
- Murray v. MossmanWashington Supreme Court · 1960
- Cernocky v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North AmericaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1966
- Duncan v. Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1941
- Sobina v. BusbyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1965
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Scroggins v. Allstate Insurance Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1979
- Brown v. CandeloraSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Gerald Bourget, and Security Insurance Company of Hartford, Inc., Intervening v. Government Employees Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- Martin v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 2004
- Rutter v. KingMichigan Court of Appeals · 1974
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