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· 6/14/1985

Knack v. Phillips

Citations

  • 479 N.E.2d 1191
  • 134 Ill. App. 3d 117
  • 89 Ill. Dec. 185
  • 1985 Ill. App. LEXIS 2083

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “Addressing the facts at the case at bar, we find the following to be particularly determinative of whether [the] vehicle was or was not available for [the driver’s] regular use.”
  • stating, “the words ‘regular use’ suggest a principal use as distinguished from a casual or incidental use, or an uninterrupted normal use for all purposes, without limitation as to use”
  • finding vehicle was not available for regular use of the defendant, where the grant of use was for an indefinite period of time to travel to a part-time job during the workweek, contingent upon another’s nonuse, and regarded as 11 temporary and casual
  • car driven only on weekdays, when owner was away at naval base

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Judges: Reinhard

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