Allstate Insurance Co. v. Elkins

Defendant, Helen F. Elkins, appealed from the judgment of the circuit court of Cook County entered upon allowance of the motion for summary judgment of plaintiff, Allstate Insurance Company, in its action for declaratory judgment. The appellate court reversed and remanded (63 Ill. App. 3d 62), and we allowed plaintiff’s petition for leave to appeal.

Defendant and her minor daughter, Beverly, were injured while riding in an automobile being driven by defendant’s husband, Dorsey Elkins, which collided with another automobile. In force at that time was an automobile liability insurance policy…