Lee v. Allstate Life Insurance

In this interlocutory appeal, defendant, Allstate Life Insurance Company (Allstate), appeals the judgment of the circuit court of Kane County granting the motion of plaintiffs, Thomas L. Lee, Sr., Mary J. Moore, and Denny Calahan, for class certification of the policyholders whose universal life insurance policies issued by Allstate were subjected to an increased “cost of insurance” charge in 1992. Allstate contends that the trial court erred in certifying a nationwide class, because the extensive factual record demonstrates the need for individual hearings on a host of liability issues and…