Wolverine Insurance Co. v. Jockish

This appeal is from a declaratory judgment action filed in the circuit court of Putnam County, Illinois. At issue is whether the plaintiff insurances company is obligated to defend by reason of a liability policy insuring Harold L. Hood, an action brought by Clyde Jockish.

The events which give rise to the issue raised in the declaratory judgment action can be recounted beginning with the evening of December 1, 1977. On that evening, Harold Hood, doing business as Hood Tracking, received notice that a semi-track belonging to Hood was disabled at a track stop on Interstate 80 north of…