Holland v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

Defendant State Farm Insurance appeals from an adverse decision rendered subsequent to a bench trial. The trial court held defendant violated the Illinois Insurance Code by not offering optional uninsured motorist coverage when plaintiff purchased an automobile insurance policy in October 1983. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 73, par. 755a — 2.

We affirm the trial court’s holding.

The issues on appeal are (1) whether plaintiffs met their burden of showing defendant failed to provide plaintiff with the information required for offering the optional coverage (Cloninger v. National General Insurance Co.…