· 12/16/1999
McKinney v. Allstate Insurance
Citations
- 722 N.E.2d 1125
- 188 Ill. 2d 493
- 243 Ill. Dec. 56
- 1999 Ill. LEXIS 1629
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that similar language was “not ambiguous and clearly limit[ed] all claims arising out of [person’s] death to a single [per person] limit”
- holding a limitation on damages arising out of bodily injury to one person involved in an accident applies to all claims arising from the death of that person
- finding that the limitation of liability clause in the policy was not ambiguous and clearly limited all plaintiff’s survival and wrongful-death claims arising out of the insured’s death to a single [per person] limit
- overruling Stearns because the court \found an ambiguity where none existed\
- overruling Stearns because the court “found an ambiguity where none existed”
- “per person” limit of liability clause “clearly limited” all claims arising out of the decedent’s death to a single per person limit
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Judges: Rathje
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