Bruno v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

Plaintiff, Bienvenido Bruno, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County granting summary judgment (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 110, par. 2—1005) to defendant, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company.

The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court properly granted State Farm’s motion for summary judgment based on its finding that the contractual limit of defendant’s uninsured motorist coverage ($25,000) was entirely offset by the same amount of money paid to plaintiff by another insurance carrier where actual damages may have exceeded the $25,000 so paid.

For the reasons…