Legal Opinion
Buehler Ltd. v. Home Life Insurance
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided September 21, 1989No. 88 C 2634PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
NORDBERG, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
The plaintiff, Buehler Ltd., brought this action directly and by right of subrogation against Home Life Insurance Co. for its refusal to pay life insurance benefits to the beneficiary of Buehler’s late employee, Howard Tokmakian. In its six-count complaint, the plaintiff brings claims for breach of contract (Counts I and II); vexatious and unreasonable delay in settling the claim (for which the plaintiff requests attorneys’ fees and statutory penalties pursuant to section 155 of the Illinois Insurance Code, Ill.Rev.Stat. ch.…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Pilot Life Insurance v. DedeauxSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Briscoe v. LaHueSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, a Mutual Insurance Company v. St. Mary's Hospital, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
- Hardin, Rodriguez & Boivin Anesthesiologists, Ltd. v. Paradigm Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Edward A. Klosterman and Debbie A. Klosterman v. Western General Management, Inc., a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Hollaway v. UNUM Life Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2003
- Madden v. Country Life InsuranceDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1993
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