Security Mutual Casualty Co. v. Harbor Insurance

Plaintiff, Security Mutual Casualty Company, appealed from the order of the circuit court of Cook County allowing the petition of defendant Harbor Insurance Company (hereafter Harbor) to compel arbitration. The appellate court reversed (65 Ill. App. 3d 198), and we allowed the petitions for leave to appeal of defendants Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s and Insurance Company of North America. This controversy stems from an action filed in the superior court of Los Angeles County, California, by John Bertero against National General Corporation charging the malicious prosecution of a…