Hoglund v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

PRESIDING JUSTICE SCARIANO

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Dawn Hoglund, was injured when a motorcycle on which she was a passenger and which was being driven by Tammy Marko was involved in an accident with a vehicle driven by Barbara Ether-ton. Plaintiff was 14 years old at the time of the incident and was insured under an auto policy issued by State Farm Mutual Auto Insuranee Co. (State Farm) to her father. In her complaint, plaintiff alleged that it was Marko’s negligent operation of the motorcycle that caused the collision, resulting in damages to her in excess of $200,000.

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