BRIDGEVIEW HEALTH CARE v. STATE FARM FIRE

No. 116389.

10 N.E.3d 902 (2014)

2014 IL 116389

381 Ill. Dec. 493

BRIDGEVIEW HEALTH CARE CENTER, LTD., Appellant, v. STATE FARM FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

May 22, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip A. Bock and Robert M. Hatch , of Bock & Hatch, LLC, of Chicago, and Brian J. Wanca , David Oppenheim and Jeffrey A. Berman , of Anderson + Wanca, of Rolling Meadows, for appellant.

Michael C. Borders and Rosa M. Tumialán , of Dykema Gossett PLLC, of Chicago, for appellee.

Michael M. Marick , Karen M. Dixon and Timothy H. Wright , of Meckler Bulger Tilson Marick & Pearson LLP., of Chicago, for amicus curiae American Insurance Association.


OPINION

Justice BURKE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 This appeal presents the following question: When a federal district court sitting in a sister state makes a prediction under Erie R.R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64, 58 S.Ct. 817, 82 L.Ed. 1188 (1938), that the supreme court of that state would resolve a legal issue in a way that is at odds with Illinois law, does that prediction, in itself...

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