Dix Mutual Insurance v. LaFramboise

597 N.E.2d 622 (1992)

149 Ill.2d 314

173 Ill.Dec. 648

DIX MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, as Subrogee of Roy Mitchell Estate, Appellee,

v.

Terrence LaFRAMBOISE, Appellant.

No. 72037.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

July 30, 1992.

John A. Beyer and Steven D. Ziegler, Satter, Beyer & Spires, Pontiac, for appellant. Monica E. Rackauskas, Mark E. Condon and Peter W. Schoonmaker, Condon & Cook, Chicago, for appellee.

Dix Mutual Insurance Company (insurance company) paid its insured (landlord) $40,579 for a fire loss on certain real property. The insurance company, by way of subrogation, seeks to recover the $40,579…