Cooper v. Coronet Insurance (In re Boughton)
District Court, N.D. Illinois
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
NORDBERG, District Judge.
This matter is before the court on defendant Coronet Insurance Company’s (“Coronet”) motion to abstain pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1334(c)(1) and (2). For the following reasons, the court denies the motion to abstain.
Proceedings in Bankruptcy Court
This lawsuit was instituted by Lawrence M. Cooper, the trustee for the estate of Kenneth Boughton, a debtor in bankruptcy. Cooper instituted this lawsuit against Coronet, Boughton’s insurer, alleging that Coronet wrongfully refused to settle a lawsuit arising out of an automobile accident involving…
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- Hoffman v. Allstate Insurance Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1980
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