Safeco Insurance Co. of Illinois v. Rader

Petitioner, Safeco Insurance Company (Safeco), seeks a writ of certiorari with regard to the lower court’s order denying Safeco’s motion requesting the court to enter a final judgment in accordance with Petitioner’s confession of judgment, and also granting Respondent’s motion for *943leave to amend his complaint seeking un-derinsured motorist (UM) benefits to add a claim for bad faith. For the reasons explained below, we deny Safeco’s petition.

BACKGROUND

Respondent was in a motor vehicle accident with a third party. Respondent was insured by Safeco for UM benefits. Respondent, with Safeco’s…