Perlick v. Country Mutual Casualty Co.

The facts are undisputed. It is conceded that the “no action” and “household exclusion” provisions of the insurance policy issued by Country Mutual to Carpenter in Illinois were valid under the laws of that state, and if available to the company in the present actions arising out of the accident in Wisconsin, would require that the pleas in abatement and in bar be sustained. Hence the only question on these appeals is whether the “no action” clause, and that portion of the “household exclusion” clause excluding liability to the wife of the insured, were effective at the time of the accident…