Barbee v. Illinois Insurance Guaranty Fund

Beverly Joyce Barbee appeals from the trial court’s July 10, 2008, declaratory judgment in favor of the Illinois Insurance Guaranty Fund. One issue was presented in this declaratory judgment. Barbee sought to have the court declare that the Illinois Insurance Guaranty Fund (the Fund) was obligated to pay death benefits coverage to her deceased husband’s dependents after the underlying insurance company had been declared insolvent and thereafter liquidated by a state government. The trial court dismissed the case pursuant to a motion filed by the Fund. The dismissal was on the basis that the…