Country Mutual Insurance v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

On September 9, 1997, Betty Raap sustained injuries stemming from an automobile accident involving Robert Zeni. At the time of the accident, Raap was insured by plaintiff Country Mutual Insurance Company (Country Mutual) and Zeni was insured by defendant State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm). Following arbitration with State Farm, Country Mutual was awarded $4,943.50. Pursuant to section 11 of the Uniform Arbitration Act (710 ILCS 5/11 (West 2000)), Country Mutual filed a petition with the circuit court to confirm the arbitration award. State Farm subsequently filed a…