Legal Opinion
Holloway v. J.C. Penney Life Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 22, 1999No. 98-1762PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
This case requires us to interpret several related provisions of the Illinois insurance statute. At issue is whether an accident insurance policy may contain an exclusion for loss that occurs while the insured is intoxicated. The plaintiffs argue that such a provision is unenforceable under Illinois law, which allows such an exclusion only when the intoxication causes the loss. The insurer contends that the provision was allowable because the Director of the Illinois Department of Insurance approved the policy language at issue. We conclude that the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Massachusetts Casualty Insurance Company, a Massachusetts Corporation v. Kenneth B. FormanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States v. Thomas E. BellCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Benavides v. J.C. Penney Life Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1995
- Cecylia Chmiel v. Jc Penney Life Insurance Company, a Foreign Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
- Bertini v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1977
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Holloway v. J.C. Penney Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999