Legal Opinion
Mijes v. Primerica Life Insurance
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided December 6, 2000No. 1-00-0229PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wolfson
Maria Mijes’ accidental death near Mexico City in July 1997 gave rise to two different kinds of insurance claims — life and uninsured motorist. In each, the trial judge held the unambiguous language of insurance company documents bars coverage. We affirm the trial judge’s grants of summary judgment to the two insurance companies.
FACTS
In June 1997, Miguel Mijes (Miguel) and his wife Maria had a life insurance policy application pending with Primerica Life Insurance Co. (Primerica). The “APPLICATION AGREEMENT” provided “except as provided in the ‘Conditional Premium Receipt,’ the insurance…
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- Hardin, Rodriguez & Boivin Anesthesiologists, Ltd. v. Paradigm Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Doxtater v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1972
- Mission Insurance v. BrownCalifornia Supreme Court · 1965
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