HASEMANN v. WHITE

No. 82384.

686 N.E.2d 571 (1997)

177 Ill.2d 414

226 Ill.Dec. 788

Frank HASEMANN et al., Appellees, v. Karen WHITE et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

September 25, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh C. Griffin, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, for Karen White.

Jeffrey S. Deutschman, Chicago, for Frank Hasemann.

Christopher B. Meister, Pavalon & Gifford, Chicago, for Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.

Jeffrey J. Kassel, Christopher J. Wilcox, LaFollette & Sinykin, Madison, WI, for National Conference of Insurance Guaranty Funds.


Justice HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court:

The Insurance Code establishes the Illinois Insurance Guaranty Fund (the Fund), a nonprofit entity created to protect policyholders of insolvent insurers and third parties making claims under policies issued by insurers that become insolvent. 215 ILCS 5/532 et seq. (West 1994). To make a claim on the Fund, a claimant possessing a "[c]overed claim" must first "exhaust his rights" under any other insurance policy...

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