State Farm Insurance Co. v. Rodrigues

Plaintiff State Farm Insurance Company (or State Farm Mutual Insurance Company) filed a subrogation action against defendant Arturo Rodrigues for allegedly damaging the vehicle of plaintiffs insured, Marya Pisarski. Plaintiff alleged that on June 19, 1996, defendant’s motor vehicle struck and damaged Pisarski’s parked and unoccupied vehicle on Pulaski Road in Chicago. Plaintiff sought $4,142.55 in damages, plus costs. Plaintiffs counsel was present at an arbitration hearing on April 5, 2000. Pisarski was not present and the hearing proceeded without her. The arbitrators entered an award for…