Legal Opinion
Golden Rule Insurance Co. v. Schwartz
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided May 30, 2001No. 1-00-0889 RelPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wolfson
delivered the opinion of the court: The first question we must answer is metaphysical in nature but of practical importance to the parties in this medical insurance coverage dispute: Can someone be held responsible for making a misrepresentation if he does not know his words are untrue? We are required by prior decisions to say the answer is yes in this case.
BACKGROUND
Golden Rule Insurance Company (Golden Rule) filed this declaratory judgment action in Lawrence County in July 1985, alleging it was entitled to rescind the health insurance policy it issued to Mark Schwartz (Mark). Mark filed a…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Barber-Colman Co. v. A & K Midwest Insulation Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1992
- Weinstein v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1945
- Campbell v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaIllinois Supreme Court · 1958
- Kohlmeier v. Shelter Insurance Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1988
- Bedoya v. Illinois Founders InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1997
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- LifeUSA Insurance v. GreenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
- TIG Ins. Co. v. Reliable Research Co., Inc.District Court, S.D. Illinois · 2002
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