Grasso v. Mid-Century Insurance

This is an appeal from orders of the circuit court granting plaintiff/ counterdefendant Anthony Grasso’s (Grasso’s) complaint for declaratory judgment and post-trial motion, and denying defendant/counter-plaintiff Mid-Century’s (Mid-Century’s) counterclaim for declaratory judgment. We are asked to determine whether the court entered these orders in error.

On August 13, 1985, Grasso filed a complaint for declaratory judgment against defendant Bonnie Hlevyack (Bonnie) and Mid-Century, one of defendant Farmers Insurance Group of Companies (Farmers), alleging: Mid-Century 1 issued to James…