Legal Opinion
Calcagno v. Personalcare Health Management, Inc.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided January 17, 1991No. 4-90-0128, 4-90-0147 consPublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE LUND
delivered the opinion of the court:
The principal issue in these consolidated appeals is whether an insurer who pays a claim prior to being sued for payment thereof may nevertheless be held liable for damages stemming from its unreasonable delay in settling the claim. We answer this question in the affirmative.
During the relevant time period, an infant daughter of plaintiffs John and Lois Calcagno required an apnea monitor. The Calcagnos are members of a health maintenance organization (HMO) of which defendant Personaleare Health Management, Inc. (Personaleare), is the…
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