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EDWINS v. GENERAL CASUALTY CO. OF WISCONSIN

No. 15577.

78 Ill. App.3d 965 (1979)

397 N.E.2d 1231

STEVEN B. EDWINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GENERAL CASUALTY COMPANY OF WISCONSIN, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Rehearing denied January 9, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome Mirza & Associates, Ltd., of Bloomington, and Edward J. Kionka, of Columbia, for appellant.

Donald M. Tennant, of Dobbins, Fraker & Tennant, of Champaign, for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE GREEN delivered the opinion of the court:

This case concerns the question of whether a carrier of liability insurance was required to accept an offer to settle, within policy limits, a suit against its deceased insured. The case is unusual because the personal representative of the estate of the insured had requested that settlement not be made unless settlement could also be made on a counterclaim brought by the personal...

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