CURTIS v. BIRCH

No. 82-650.

114 Ill. App.3d 127 (1983)

448 N.E.2d 591

ANTHONY C. CURTIS et al., Joint Special Adm'rs of the Estates of Venira Marie Curtis, Deceased, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WAYNE BIRCH et al., Defendants. — (Montgomery Ward Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellee.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Opinion filed April 12, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Alan Kawitt, of Chicago, for appellants.

Robert Marc Chemers, of Pretzel & Stouffer, Chartered, of Chicago, for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE DOWNING delivered the opinion of the court:

Involved in this appeal is the intriguing question of whether an uninsured motorist provision in an automobile insurance policy covers the shooting death of a passenger in one car caused by shots allegedly fired by a driver of a second car which is uninsured.

Plaintiffs, Anthony C. and Veronica M. Curtis, brought this action to recover damages which stem from the shooting...

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