Millers Mutual Insurance Ass'n of Illinois v. Babbitt

CLARK, Judge.

This is a suit for declaratory judgment in which respondent insurance company obtained a declaration that appellant was not entitled to the benefits of uninsured motorist coverage under respondent’s policy. The issue in the case is whether the subject matter of the action was an appropriate cause to be resolved by declaratory judgment.

On May 20, 1987, appellant was involved in an automobile accident while riding as a passenger in a vehicle driven by her husband, Bruce Hammonds. Appellant suffered injuries in the accident and Ham-monds was killed. It was claimed by appellant that…