Ragan v. Columbia Mutual Insurance

684 N.E.2d 1108 (1997)

291 Ill. App.3d 1088

226 Ill.Dec. 112

Jerald L. RAGAN, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

COLUMBIA MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant, (Looking Glass Mutual Insurance Company, Bernice Pollman, Orville Bierbaum, and Roosevelt Bank, Defendants).

No. 5-96-0512.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

September 16, 1997.

Michael Reda, John W. Hoffman, Edwardsville, for Defendant-Appellant.

Rex Carr, Michael B. Marker, Carr, Korein, Tillery, Kunin, Montroy & Glass, East St. Louis, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Plaintiff Jerald Ragan owned a seven-unit apartment building in Granite City,…