LEE v. JOHN DEERE INS. CO.

No. 1-00-3903.

781 N.E.2d 408 (2002)

334 Ill. App.3d 807

269 Ill.Dec. 611

Vuong Y. LEE, Special Adm'r of the Estate of Tak Kwon Lee, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHN DEERE INSURANCE COMPANY, n/k/a Sentry Select Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellant and Third-Party Plaintiff (Andy W.Y. Lin, a/k/a Waiyip Lin, Defendant; Elite Insurance Agency, Inc., and International Risk Placement, Inc., Third-Party Defendants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

November 4, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Murray and Eileen Sloan Newlin, Tressler, Soderstrom, Maloney & Priess, Chicago, for Defendant-Appellant.

Michael W. Rathsack, Chicago (Michael R. Richmond and Michael W. Rathsack, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.


Justice COHEN delivered the opinion of the court:

On March 1, 1996, Tak Kwon Lee, a delivery truck operator employed by Asia Distributors, Inc., d/b/a Asia Distributors and Trucking, Inc. (Asia), was fatally injured after being pinned between a private automobile and an Asia delivery truck. The at-fault driver was underinsured. Lee's estate filed an action in chancery seeking a declaration of the limits of underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage potentially available...

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