Legal Opinion
Country Companies v. Universal Underwriters Insurance
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided August 27, 2003No. 3-02-0305PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lytton
Country Companies brought a subrogation action against Mark Seckler and Universal Underwriters Insurance Company (Universal) based on an auto accident involving Seckler and one of its insureds, Michael Falatko. Seckler filed a counterclaim against Universal seeking a declaration that Universal had a duty to defend and indemnify him. The trial court ruled in favor of Seckler and against Universal, finding that Universal owed him coverage up to $500,000. We affirm.
In July 1996, Seckler and Falatko had a traffic accident, and Falatko was injured. Falatko filed an action against Seckler, Ruff…
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