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SIMS v. ALLSTATE INS. CO.

No. 5-04-0525.

851 N.E.2d 701 (2006)

Michael SIMS and Tiffany Sims, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

May 31, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark C. Goldenberg, Elizabeth V. Heller, Goldenberg, Miller, Heller & Antognoli, Edwardsville, Michael B. Hyman, Melinda J. Morales, Much Shelist Freed Denenberg Ament & Rubenstein, P.C., Chicago, Robert E. Becker, Kevin T. Hoerner, Becker Paulson Hoerner & Thompson, P.C., Belleville, Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Scott P. Nealey, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Appellants.

Jeffrey P. Lennard, Richard L. Fenton, Margo Weinstein, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, Chicago, Gordon R. Broom, Troy A. Bozarth, Burroughs Hepler Broom MacDonald Hebrank & True LLP, Edwardsville, H. Sinclair Kerr, Jr., Kerr & Wagstaffe LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Appellee.

Justice HOPKINS delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiffs, Michael and Tiffany Sims, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, filed a class action for a breach of contract against the defendant, Allstate Insurance Company (Allstate). The circuit court certified the class, determined that Allstate's insurance policy was ambiguous, and submitted the case to a jury. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Allstate.

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