Legal Opinion
Automobile Underwriters, Inc. v. Hardware Mutual Casualty Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided May 21, 1971No. 43117, 43122 consPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kluczynski
The plaintiff, Automobile Underwriters, Inc., sought declaratory judgment against Hardware Mutual Casualty Company (hereinafter referred to as Hardware) claiming that it was under obligation to defend Dean E. Grant in a claim arising out of an automobile accident. The circuit court of Peoria County held that Hardware was not under an obligation to defend Grant. The Appellate Court, Third District, affirmed (120 Ill. App. 2d 159), and we granted leave to appeal. Upon oral motion the appeals of Automobile Underwriters and Dean E. Grant were consolidated.
The accident in question occurred while…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Allstate Insurance Co. v. Shelby Mutual Ins. Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1967
- New Amsterdam Casualty Co. v. Certain UnderwritersIllinois Supreme Court · 1966
- Hardware Dealers Mutual Fire Insurance Co. v. Farmers Insurance ExchangeTexas Supreme Court · 1969
- Federal Insurance Company v. PrestemonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1967
- Faltersack v. Vanden BoogaardWisconsin Supreme Court · 1968
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- Bertini v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1977
- Elas v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976
- The Home Insurance Company v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's London, Not a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
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