Skidmore v. Throgmorton

How courts have described this case

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

• an ambiguity in a specific provision of a policy cannot be cured by an antistacking clause in a general section of the policy
• an ambiguity in a specific provision of a policy cannot be cured by an antistacking clause in a general section of the policy
• “the injured party is a necessary party to the suit” concerning coverage “because he or she has a substantial right in the insurance policy’s viability”
• “an insurer and its insured cannot agree to policy interpretations with the intent to keep an injured party from recovering”
• found that an injured passenger was “allowed to directly sue” insurance company to ascertain the coverage of a driver’s policy
• “The injured party’s rights come into existence at the moment of the accident.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Perez
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-12-23· cited 42×
• In re Estate of Chaney
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2014-01-23· cited 16×
• Terrence Domin v. Shelby Insurance
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2001-11-21· cited 13×
• Central Mutual Insurance Company v. Tracy's Treasures, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2014-11-26· cited 13×
• Continental Casualty Company v. Howard Hoffman and Associates
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2011-08-15· cited 11×
• My Baps Construction Corp. v. City of Chicago
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2017-12-22· cited 8×
• McElmeel v. Safeco Insurance Co. of America
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2006-05-08· cited 7×
• American Family Mutual Insurance v. Stagg
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2009-08-10· cited 6×
• Profitt v. Onebeacon Insurance
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2006-02-14· cited 6×
• Abram v. UNITED SERVICES AUTO. ASS'N
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2009-09-30· cited 5×
• Continental Cas. v. HOFFMAN AND ASSOCIATES
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2011-08-15· cited 4×
• McElmeel v. Safeco Ins. Co. of America
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2006-05-08· cited 2×
• Busch v. Country Financial Insurance Company
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2018-04-20· cited 1×
• Standard Mutual Insurance Co. v. Weccele Corrected Opinion
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2002-09-26
• Profitt v. Onebeacon insurance
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2006-02-10
• Domin v. Shelby Insurance Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2001-11-21
• State Farm Fire and Casualty Company v. Perez
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-12-23
• Abram v. United Services Automobile Ass'n
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2009-09-30

Other cases named Skidmore v. Throgmorton

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Skidmore v. Throgmorton
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2001-06-29