COUNTRY PREFERRED INS. CO. v. WHITEHEAD

No. 113365.

979 N.E.2d 35 (2012)

2012 IL 113365

365 Ill. Dec. 669

COUNTRY PREFERRED INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Terri J. WHITEHEAD, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

October 18, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Resis , Victor J. Piekarski and Ellen L. Green , SmithAmundsen LLC, and Keith G. Carlson , Chicago, for appellant.

Pretzel & Stouffer, Chtrd., Chicago ( Robert Marc Chemers and Heather E. Plunkett , of counsel), for appellee.

Craig L. Unrath , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, for amicus curiae Property Casualty Insurers Association of America.


OPINION

Justice KARMEIER delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 The issue presented in this appeal is whether a two-year contractual limitation on claim arbitration in an auto insurance policy violates Illinois public policy where an Illinois insured was involved in an accident in Wisconsin with an uninsured motorist and that state has a three-year statute of limitations on the commencement of suit for injuries resulting from...

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