KIM v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CAS. CO.

No. 1-98-3741.

728 N.E.2d 530 (2000)

312 Ill. App.3d 770

245 Ill.Dec. 448

Moon and Sue KIM d/b/a Oriental Cleaning Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, and State Farm General Insurance Company, d/b/a State Farm Insurance Companies, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

March 24, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schoenberg, Fisher, Newman & Rosenberg, Ltd., Chicago (David A. Axelrod, Lauren A. Lundin, of counsel), for Appellants.

Rooks, Pitts and Poust, Chicago (Michael C. Borders, Ellen D. Holzman, of counsel), for Appellees.


Justice SHEILA M. O'BRIEN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Oriental Cleaning Company (the cleaning company), sought a declaratory judgment that an insurance policy issued to it by defendant, State Farm Insurance Companies (State Farm), covered losses incurred when one of the cleaning company's dry cleaning machines released a chemical, tetrachloroethane (perc), into the environment. The circuit court granted State Farm's motion for judgment on the pleadings...

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