HOFELD v. NATIONWIDE LIFE INS. CO.

No. 45471.

59 Ill.2d 522 (1975)

322 N.E.2d 454

JEAN L. HOFELD, Adm'x, Appellee, v. NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 21, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Brien, Hanrahan, Wojcik & Conniff, and Torshen, Fortes & Eiger, Ltd., both of Chicago (Jerome H. Torshen and Lawrence H. Eiger, of counsel), for appellant.

William J. Harte, Ltd., and Albert F. Hofeld, Jr., both of Chicago (William J. Harte and Philip Rock, of counsel), for appellee.

Charles D. Kuhnen, of Chicago, and George B. Gillespie, of Springfield (Gillespie, Burke & Gillespie, of counsel), for amicus curiae Health Insurance Association of America.


Reversed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff's decedent filed suit in the circuit court of Cook County wherein judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff and against the defendant in the sum of $17,516.46, plus interest. The appellate court affirmed (7 Ill.App.3d 226), and we granted leave to appeal.

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