Martin v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

Plaintiffs Adam and Marisa Martin filed an amended class action complaint against defendant State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm) arising out of its conduct in settling plaintiffs’ third-party claim against its insured, Bruce Beebe. Therein, plaintiffs pled various theories of recovery including violations of the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act (815 ILCS 505/2 (West 2000)), breach of contract, breach of a voluntary undertaking, common law fraud, and breach of a fiduciary duty: Plaintiffs also sought a declaratory judgment. Thereafter, State…