Finch v. Central National Insurance Group of Omaha

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SCOTT

delivered the opinion of the court:. James J. Finch, plaintiff, brought an action for declaratory judgment to construe certain terms of an uninsured-motorist insurance clause. This appeal stems from the trial court’s dismissal of the plaintiffs complaint for failure to state a cause of action.

The plaintiff, while easthound on his motorcycle in the city of Moline, was struck and injured by a westbound automobile driven by one Guadalupe Narvaez, when Narvaez’s automobile crossed the center line into plaintiffs lane of travel after being forced to do so by the…