Green v. International Insurance

Plaintiffs, Truman Green, d/b/a Tru’s West State Lounge and Package Liquors, and Tru’s, Inc., appeal the order of the circuit court granting summary judgment for defendant International Insurance Company (International). Plaintiffs sued International for damages for its allegedly unreasonable and vexatious delay in paying a claim. (See Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 73, pars. 766.6, 767.) On appeal, plaintiffs contend that the court erred in holding that plaintiff could not prove vexatious delay absent a breach of the insurance contract and therefore erred in granting summary judgment to…