DRINANE v. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO.

No. 73086.

606 N.E.2d 1181 (1992)

153 Ill.2d 207

180 Ill.Dec. 104

Thomas DRINANE et al., Appellants, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

November 19, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Wojcik, Wojcik & Wojcik, Chicago, for appellants.

James J. Hoffnagle and Frank C. Stevens, Taylor, Miller, Sprowl, Hoffnagle & Merletti, Chicago, for appellee.


Justice CUNNINGHAM delivered the opinion of the court:

At issue in the case before us is whether an arbitration award should be set aside where the arbitrator, an attorney with a private practice of his own, had a case pending against an individual whose insurer, subject to liability on the pending lawsuit, was a party to the arbitration, and the arbitrator failed to inform the parties of that relationship.

Thomas Drinane, Edward Drinane, and Geraldine Drinane...

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