Stofer v. Motor Vehicle Casualty Co.

This is a consolidated, direct, interlocutory appeal pursuant to our Rules 302(b) and 308 (58 Ill. 2d Rules 302(b), 308) from decisions of the circuit court of Cook County holding sections 397 and 401 of the Insurance Code of 1937 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 73, pars. 1009, 1013) invalid on the grounds that the power thereby granted the Director of Insurance to prescribe uniform insurance contracts (including contractual limitations on the time within which suits may be brought against the insurer by the insured) violated the separation of governmental branches and powers mandated by section 1…