United Automobile Insurance v. Wilson

Presiding Justice Cunningham and Justice Karnezis concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION

This appeal arises from plaintiff United Automobile Insurance Company’s attempt to vacate an arbitration award that was entered in favor of defendants Sidney Wilson and Woodrow Wilson. The circuit court granted defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s complaint pursuant to section 2—619(a) of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/2—619(a) (West 2008)). We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Defendants were involved in a hit-and-run car accident on February 2, 2004, and they subsequently filed a claim under the…