Yarbert v. Industrial Fire & Casualty Insurance

This is an action for a declaratory judgment (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 110, par. 57.1), seeking a construction of a clause in an insurance contract. Defendant appeals from an order of the trial court granting plaintiffs motion for summary judgment (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 110, par. 57). The issue on appeal involves only the definition of the word “relative," as used in the uninsured motorist provisions of an automobile insurance policy.

The plaintiff is the mother of Oliver S. Whiteside, the named insured in an automobile insurance policy issued by defendant. Part IV of the policy provides…