Busch v. United States Fire Insurance

MELVIN F. ABRAHAMSON,

presiding.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County wherein the court, after a bench trial, found in favor of plaintiff and against defendant for the sum of $1,000. The action was brought by the plaintiff on a third party beneficiary theory to recover the proceeds provided in a certain policy of insurance issued by defendant for medical payments for injuries allegedly arising upon the insured’s premises. The defendant had issued prior to the occurrence out of which this action arose, a homeowner’s insurance policy upon the residence of…