Smith v. Allstate Insurance

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that the reason for the rule is “twofold: (1) the intent of an insured in purchasing an insurance policy is to obtain coverage, and therefore any ambiguity jeopardizing such coverage should be construed consistent with the insured’s intent; and (2

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Compton v. Country Mutual Insurance
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-04-29· cited 63×
• Roe v. Jewish Children's Bureau
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2003-05-16· cited 48×
• Illinois Farmers Insurance v. Hall
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2006-02-14· cited 34×
• Bailey v. Allstate Development Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2000-09-29· cited 26×
• Roth v. Illinois Farmers Insurance
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2001-08-07· cited 13×
• Adams v. Northern Illinois Gas Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2002-08-26· cited 9×
• Founders Insurance v. Muñoz
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2009-03-27· cited 8×
• United Equitable Insurance Co. v. Thomas
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2021-11-22· cited 7×
• Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. Merridew
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2001-12-17· cited 2×
• In Re SE
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2001-04-05· cited 2×
• People v. Black
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2001-04-05· cited 1×
• Horace Mann Insurance Co. v. Williams
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2002-05-06· cited 1×
• Roth v. Illinois Farmers Insurance Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2001-08-07
• Adams v. Northern Illinois Gas Co. Modified upon denial of rehearing. Replaces opinion originally filed June 28, 2002.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2002-08-26
• Alberto Culver Co. v. Aon Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2004-05-13

Cites

21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Outboard Marine Corp. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1992-12-04· cited 1,920×
• American States Insurance v. Koloms
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1997-10-17· cited 372×
• Zurich Insurance Co. v. Raymark Industries, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1987-09-14· cited 283×
• Hoglund v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1992-03-26· cited 103×
• McKinney v. Allstate Insurance
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1999-12-16· cited 67×
• Elson v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1998-02-17· cited 64×
• De Los Reyes v. Travelers Insurance Companies
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1990-03-22· cited 56×
• Blagg v. Illinois F.W.D. Truck & Equipment Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1991-03-28· cited 55×
• Creamer v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1987-09-28· cited 38×
• Ravenswood Hospital v. Maryland Casualty Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1917-10-23· cited 29×
• Gass v. Carducci
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1964-10-27· cited 28×
• John T. Dempsey Public Administrator v. National Life & Accident Insurance
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1949-11-22· cited 27×
• Stearns v. Millers Mutual Insurance
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1996-04-03· cited 23×
• Filip v. North River Insurance Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1990-06-29· cited 19×
• Cross v. Country Companies
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1989-09-28· cited 18×
• Schweighart v. Standard Mutual Insurance
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-04-23· cited 16×
• Economy Preferred Insurance v. Ingold
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1999-02-24· cited 12×
• General Cas. Co. of Illinois v. McCowan
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-10-22· cited 12×
• Gober v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1994-06-08· cited 10×
• Club Exchange Corp. v. Richter
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-10-15· cited 4×