Clemmons v. Travelers Insurance Co.

Defendant Travelers Insurance Company appeals from an order of the Circuit Court of Peoria County striking defendant’s affirmative defense raised in its amended answer and granting summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff, Anthony Clemmons. For the following reasons, we affirm.

This litigation had its inception in an automobile accident which occurred in the city of Peoria on August 25,1975. On that date, Dennis L. Reed, while operating an automobile owned by the American Red Cross, was involved in an automobile accident with Peoria police officer Edward E. Olehy. The plaintiff in the…