Legal Opinion
Allen v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided May 15, 1991No. 1-89-3087PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
This appeal is from declaratory judgment for defendant State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm) in an action on a policy. The underlying dispute concerns an Arkansas collision, in which an insured Indiana passenger is alleged to have been fatally injured in his own car while his adult Illinois son was driving. We affirm.
I. FACTS
On April 18, 1987, James Allen (the father) resided in Gary, Indiana, and James Lee Allen (the son) resided in Chicago. On that date, the father drove in his own car to the son’s home in order to pick up the son for an intended trip to Mississippi.
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2Cases cited14 opinions
- Hofeld v. Nationwide Life InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1975
- Barnes v. PowellIllinois Supreme Court · 1971
- Fulkerson v. Refunding Board of ArkansasSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1941
- Anthony Koclanakis, Doing Business as Pan-Olympian Travel Agency v. Merrimack Mutual Fire Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- United Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance v. HanleyIndiana Court of Appeals · 1977
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Diamond State Insurance v. Chester-Jensen Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1993
- Carol Pastor, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2007
- Society of Mount Carmel v. National Ben Franklin InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1994
- Mt. Carmel Soc. v. NAT. BEN FRANK. INS.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1994
- American States Insurance v. Allstate InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2007
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