Legal Opinion
Wallace v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided July 10, 1973No. 71-31PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE EBERSPACHER
delivered the opinion of the court:
This was an action in contract brought by the plaintiff-appellee to recover life insurance benefits for the death of one of the plaintiff’s minor children under an alleged interim or temporary contract of life insurance and, additionally, to recover punitive damages for alleged vexatious refusal to pay, together with attorneys’ fees and interest. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for compensatory damages in the sum of $1000, for benefits under the alleged interim policy of family life insurance, and for…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Palmer v. Bull Dog Auto InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1920
- Sommerio v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1937
- Gerrib v. Northwestern Mutual Life InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1930
- Miller v. Board of Education of School District Number 132Appellate Court of Illinois · 1968
- Colontuono v. State Farm InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1972
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Debolt v. Mutual of OmahaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1978
- Casson v. Nationwide InsuranceSuperior Court of Delaware · 1982
- Hardin, Rodriguez & Boivin Anesthesiologists, Ltd. v. Paradigm Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Sabath v. MansfieldAppellate Court of Illinois · 1978
- Wait v. First Midwest Bank/DanvilleAppellate Court of Illinois · 1986
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