Carolina Cas. Ins. Co. v. The Estate of Sperl

2015 IL App (3d) 130294 (Ill. App., 2015)

Words & Phrases

Limits Of Liability

Trial Judge

Hon. Barbara Petrungaro

Appellate Judge

Justice Carter

Holding

Because the judgments owing to estaes were satisfied in full, the estates had no claims against the insurance proceeds deposited in the interpleader action.

Fact Summary

 

In an action arising from a multiple-vehicle collision on an interstate highway resulting in numerous deaths and injuries and many claims against the policy issued by plaintiff insurer, the trial court, in the interpleader action filed by plaintiff insurer in an attempt to resolve many of the claims against the proceeds of plaintiff’s policy, properly granted plaintiff’s motion to dismiss the estates, which had already been paid the full amount of the verdict, minus the vacated survivor awards, since the estates had been paid in full, they had no interest in the disputed funds, and the trial court had properly denied the estates’ motions for leave to file counterclaims in the instant interpleader case.

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