M.F.A. Mutual Insurance v. Cheek

66 Ill.2d 492 (1977)

363 N.E.2d 809

M.F.A. MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant,

v.

GEORGE D. CHEEK et al., Appellees.

No. 48265.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 20, 1977.

Ducey and Feder, Ltd., of Belleville (Cornelius T. Ducey, Jr., of counsel), for appellant.

Crowder & Associates, Ltd., of Columbia (Thomas H. Kuergeleis, of counsel), for appellees.

Judgment affirmed.

Here the issue is whether there was a breach of the cooperation clause in a standard automobile insurance policy so that the responsibility of the insurer would be extinguished. It was framed in an action for declaratory…