Burgo v. Illinois Farmers Insurance

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE DIERINGER

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Cook County, wherein the court denied arbitration on an uninsured motorist clause in an insurance policy. The action was brought by the plaintiffs-insureds, Joseph and Louis Burgo, against the defendant insurance company, Illinois Farmers Insurance Company, to compel the defendant to submit to arbitration pursuant to the Uniform Arbitration Act. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, Ch. 10.

The issues on appeal are: (1) whether a provision in the insurance policy shortens the applicable…