SCHOONOVER v. AMERICAN FAMILY INS. CO.

No. 4-90-0860.

572 N.E.2d 1258 (1991)

214 Ill. App.3d 33

157 Ill.Dec. 794

John SCHOONOVER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AMERICAN FAMILY INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied June 28, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria; Karen L. Kendall, Duncan B. Cooper and David A. Perkins, of counsel, for defendant-appellant.

R. John Alvarez, Grosboll, Becker, Tice, Alvarez & Smith, Petersburg, for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice GREEN delivered the opinion of the court:

On November 16, 1987, plaintiff John Schoonover purchased a homeowner's insurance policy from defendant American Family Insurance Company to insure a house he had purchased in Jacksonville, Illinois. The insured building was destroyed by fire on November 20, 1987. Plaintiff filed a claim for his loss on March 10, 1988, and defendant denied the claim on May 9, 1988.

On April 4, 1989, plaintiff filed a complaint...

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