Slimack v. Country Life Insurance

The applications of both the plaintiffs and the defendants for interlocutory appeal by permission were granted pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 308 (134 Ill. 2d R. 308). The plaintiffs seeking to maintain this class action suit pursuant to section 2 — 801 of the Civil Practice Law (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 110, par. 2 — 801) are former agents and the widow of a former agent of the defendants, Country Life Insurance Company, Country Mutual Insurance Company, and Country Casualty Insurance Company, which are related corporations and are hereafter referred to as “Country Companies.”

The plaintiffs…