Farmer v. Country Mutual Insurance

The plaintiff, Brian E. Farmer, obtained a $1.5 million judgment (the Brady judgment) against an insured of the defendant, Country Mutual Insurance Company (Country Mutual). Farmer then obtained a judgment for $100,000, plus costs and interest, against Country Mutual for its failure to defend its insured (the Country Mutual judgment). Farmer filed this garnishment action (see 735 ILCS 5/12 — 701 (West 2004)) against Country Mutual to collect on the Country Mutual judgment. In its payout order, the circuit court determined that post-judgment interest accrued on the Brady judgment until it…