Barrington Consolidated High School v. American Insurance

In July 1971 the Barrington Consolidated High School, School District 224 of Barrington, Illinois, and Kathleen Van Ness Lawyer, a former teacher in the school district, filed a complaint for declaratory judgment in the circuit court of Lake County under section 57.1 of the Civil Practice Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 110, par. 57.1) against the American Insurance Company and its successor in interest, the Fireman’s Fund Insurance Companies, as the public-liability insurers for the plaintiff district and its employees. Nominal defendants in the action were Susan Schafer and her father, Leo…