Ohio Casualty Insurance v. Southwell

Defendant Mitchell Southwell appeals from the circuit court’s order denying his motion for summary judgment and granting summary judgment in favor of plaintiff Ohio Casualty Insurance Company (Ohio Casualty). On appeal, Southwell contends that Ohio Casualty was estopped from asserting that the workers’ compensation policy it issued Southwell did not provide coverage for South-well’s Illinois workers’ compensation claim and that it is against Illinois public policy to limit the territoriality of an insurance policy. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

Ohio Casualty issued a policy of…