Hubbard v. Aetna Insurance Co.

This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court of Cook County dismissing counts of a wrongful death action alleging negligence and wilful and wanton conduct on the part of defendants as insurers who had conducted inspections of the premises on which plaintiff’s decedent was killed. The trial court found the allegations against the defendants were insufficient to plead a proper cause of action and dismissed these counts. Plaintiffs appeal challenges the correctness of the dismissal.

The facts of the case are as follows. On July 26, 1970, James Hubbard, while working as a pellet mill…