Eipert v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

Plaintiffs appeal from the dismissal of their amended class action complaint for failure to state a cause of action under section 2 — 615 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 110, par. 2 — 615). Plaintiffs raise two issues: (1) whether defendant was required to provide underinsured motorist coverage in an insurance policy when uninsured motorist coverage was purchased in the minimum statutory amount; and (2) whether underinsured motorist coverage was implied by law in a policy if defendant failed to offer the insured an opportunity to purchase such coverage prior to July…