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BEAVER v. COUNTRY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.

No. 79-607.

95 Ill. App.3d 1122 (1981)

420 N.E.2d 1058

ALBERT C. BEAVER, JR., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COUNTRY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed April 20, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ducey & Feder, Ltd., of Belleville (C. Patout Ducey, of counsel), for appellant.

John P. Kujawski and Jeanne Sathre, both of Cohn, Carr, Korein, Kunin, Schlichter & Brennan, of East St. Louis, for appellee.

Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE JONES delivered the opinion of the court:

This case presents for the first time in Illinois the issue of whether public policy permits insurance against liability for punitive damages that arise out of an insured's own misconduct. The appeal grows out of a garnishment action brought by the plaintiff, Albert Beaver, Jr., in order to recover from the defendant, Country Mutual Insurance...

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