AMERICAN SERVICE INS. CO. v. PASALKA

No. 1-04-3571.

842 N.E.2d 1219 (2006)

363 Ill. App.3d 385

299 Ill.Dec. 867

AMERICAN SERVICE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Karolina PASALKA, Clarence Davis, Laura Sandifer, Matilda Bruce, Maciej A. Chowaniec, Beata M. Bogdan, John Gray, Petio Neykov, Cindy L. Graham, Jerome Brown, Delta Cobbs, Pedro Rosales, Jesus Rosales, Silvia Torres, Thelma Neal, Benjamin Gonzales, Jr., Debra Trotter, Melissa F. Hubert, James Patton, Bonnie Messana, Luba Burek, Raymond Buckley, Ivari Ninemae, Grete Kuuk, Tuuli Talv, Kristal Lamb, Ester Castaneda Lopez, Danielle Griffin, and Tawneque Watford, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

January 26, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Newman, Michael J. Raiz and Donald P. Eckler, Newman, Raiz & Shelmadine, LLC, Chicago, for Appellant.

David H. Greenstein, Sheldon Hodes & Associates, Chicago, for Appellee Gonzales.

Patrick J. Crimmins, Brady & Jensen, LLP, Elgin, for Appellees Pedro Rosales, Jesus Rosales and Silvia Torres.

Ronald A. Stearney, Jr., Chicago, for Appellee Karolina Pasalka.

Sheldon J. Aberman, Goodman & Witanen, Park Ridge, for Appellees Maciej J. Chowaniec and Beata M. Bogdan.

Larry L. Fleischer & Associates, Ltd., Chicago, for Appellee Delta Cobbs.

Patrick D. Lamb, Crowley & Lamb, P.C., Chicago, for Appellee Petio Neykov.

Kirsten M. Dunne, Goldberg, Weisman & Cairo, Ltd., Chicago, for Appellee Melissa Hubert.

Alfred T. Whiters, Chicago, for Appellee James Patton.

Sachs, Earnest & Associates, Chicago, for Appellee Laura Sandifer.

Van Dorf, Fruend & Associates, Chicago, for Appellee John Gray.

Lawrence Dujsik, Matteson, for Appellee Bonnie Messana.

Segel & Siegel, Chicago, for Appellee.

Schmidt Salzman & Moran, Ltd., Chicago, for Appellee Cindy L. Graham.

Wolf & Tennant, Chicago, for Appellees Danielle Griffin and Tanequa Watford.


Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

The public policy of this State requires that an uninsured motorist provision be written into every auto insurance policy. In this case, the policies provided that no demand for arbitration of an uninsured motorist claim could be made more than two years after the accident. What happens, then, when the tortfeasor's insurance company does not go into liquidation until more than two years after the accident?

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