Menke v. Country Mutual Insurance Co.

The issue in this case is whether plaintiff, Ervin Menke, is entitled to stack insurance coverage under three $10,000 uninsured motorist provisions for a total recovery of $30,000. Defendant, Country Mutual Insurance Company, issued the coverage to plaintiff.

The facts are not in dispute. On February 2, 1975, plaintiff’s daughter was killed when the uninsured motor vehicle in which she was a passenger left the roadway and crashed. As a member of plaintiff’s household, decedent was covered by the uninsured motorist provisions of two automobile policies issued to plaintiff by defendant. The…