State Farm Mutual Insurance v. Koscelnik

Plaintiff State Farm Mutual Insurance Company appeals from an order of the circuit court debarring it from rejecting an arbitration award issued in favor of defendant Anton Koscelnik. On appeal, plaintiff contends that the trial court abused its discretion in finding that plaintiff failed to participate in the arbitration hearing in good faith and in barring plaintiff from rejecting the award. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

Plaintiff filed a subrogation action against defendant, alleging that defendant carelessly and negligently caused a collision between plaintiffs insured’s…