The John T. Doyle Trust v. Country Mut. Ins. Co

2014 IL App (2nd) 121238 (Ill. App., 2014)

Words & Phrases

Personal Injury Liability Coverage

Trial Judge

Hon. Val Gunnarsson

Appellate Judge

Justice Hutchinson

Holding

“Wrongful eviction” coverage included wrongful removal of property and did not require physical harm to person.

Fact Summary

 

Defendant, an insurance company that denied coverage to plaintiffs by refusing to defend or indemnify them in a wrongful eviction civil action, had a duty to defend plaintiffs according to the plain meaning of their policy, but the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying imposition of sanctions, under section 155 of the Insurance Code, on defendant at summary judgment proceedings for erroneously denying coverage, since defendant reasonably believed that the policy did not cover the wrongful eviction.

 

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