Sommer v. United Savings Life Insurance

On October 26, 1979, plaintiffs filed their original single-count complaint in the circuit court of Winnebago County. In it they sought damages against the defendant, United Savings Life Insurance Co., for the fraudulent misrepresentations of the defendant’s agents in connection with the sale of two life insurance policies to plaintiff Evelyn Sommer on the life of plaintiff John Sommer.

Defendant moved to dismiss on October 30, 1979, based on the five-year statute of limitations for fraud. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 83, par. 16, now Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 110, par. 13 — 205.) With the…