Monroe v. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co.

PRESIDING JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH

delivered the opinion of the court:

This case comes before us as a permissive interlocutory appeal pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 308 (134 Ill. 2d R. 308). The question we have agreed to consider is whether a passenger in an automobile has standing to bring a declaratory judgment action against an insurance company for its alleged violation of section 143a—2(3) of the Illinois Insurance Code (the Code) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 73, par. 755a—2(3)). The circuit court answered in the affirmative. We affirm and remand.

We adopt defendant’s statement of facts, which…