State Farm Insurance v. Gebbie

Defendant Christian Gebbie appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County that barred him from rejecting an arbitration award.

The common law record on appeal establishes that, on August 16, 1994, plaintiff State Farm Insurance Company, as subrogee of Jonathan Blaze, filed a complaint against defendant seeking recovery of $11,546.32, the property damage to Blaze’s vehicle. The complaint alleged that on May 28, 1993, defendant negligently drove his vehicle in the wrong direction on Wolfram Street in Chicago, a one-way designated street, at an improperly high speed, failed to yield…