Legal Opinion

Stryker v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided October 6, 1978No. 49919PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Underwood

Plaintiff, Donald R. Stryker, brought this action for a declaratory judgment in the circuit court of Lake County seeking to determine whether a provision in an automobile liability policy issued to him by defendant, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, violates public policy and is therefore ineffective. The provision in question requires that any amount payable for bodily injury under uninsured motorist coverage be reduced by benefits paid an insured for such injury under any workmen’s compensation law. The circuit court, citing this court’s opinion in Ullman v. Wolverine…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Ullman v. Wolverine InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1970
  2. Gaither v. LagerIllinois Supreme Court · 1954
  3. City of Champaign v. City of Champaign TownshipIllinois Supreme Court · 1959
  4. People ex rel. County of Kane v. CrawfordIllinois Supreme Court · 1971
  5. Stryker v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1977

3Cited by34 opinions

  1. Gillen v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 2005
  2. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. YapejianIllinois Supreme Court · 1992
  3. Sulser v. Country Mutual InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1992
  4. Bruder v. Country Mutual InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1993
  5. Williams v. CrickmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1980

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