Phelan v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

Plaintiff, Joan Phelan, the assignee of defendant State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company’s insured, brought this action to recover an amount in excess of the limits of the insurance policy of defendant’s insured. Plaintiff appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County which entered judgment n.o.v. in favor of defendant and granted alternative relief of a new trial. Plaintiff contends that: (1) the trial court erred in entering judgment n.o.v. in favor of defendant; and (2) the trial court erred in granting the alternate relief of a new trial.

Plaintiff, Joan Phelan, was…