Popovich v. Ram Pipe & Supply Co.

This is an appeal by Reliance Insurance Company, Northwestern Garage, Inc., A. Curtis Dufield, and Sandra M. Newman (intervenors) from a judgment of the circuit court of McHenry County denying their petition to intervene in a wrongful death action. Intervenors, with the exception of Reliance, had been named defendants in the suit but were dismissed by plaintiff after execution of a document captioned “loan agreement” under which Reliance, liability insurer for Northwestern Garage, advanced $20,000 to plaintiff. The agreement requires repayment of the money advanced only in the event plaintiff…