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MIJES v. PRIMERICA LIFE INS. CO.

No. 1-00-0229.

740 N.E.2d 1160 (2000)

317 Ill. App.3d 1097

251 Ill.Dec. 589

Miguel MIJES and Hillie Semprit, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Maria Mijes, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PRIMERICA LIFE INSURANCE CO. and Allstate Insurance Co., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

Rehearing Denied January 9, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel A. Shelist, Ltd., Edward L. Schuller & Associates, Chicago, for Appellants.

Lord, Bissel & Brook, Chicago (Daniel J. Zollner and Hugh S. Balsam, of counsel), for Appellee-Primerica Life Insurance Co.

Hinshaw & Culbertson (Thomas M. Hamilton, Christine L. Olson and David R. Bradford, of counsel), for Appellee-Allstate Insurance Co.

Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Maria Mijes' accidental death near Mexico City in July 1997 gave rise to two different kinds of insurance claims—life and uninsured motorist. In each, the trial judge held the unambiguous language of insurance company documents bars coverage. We affirm the trial judge's grants of summary judgment to the two insurance companies.

FACTS

In June 1997, Miguel Mijes (Miguel) and his wife...

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