State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. John J. Rickhoff Sheet Metal Co.

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• observing that stockholders to closely held corporations are privies in proceedings touching the corporation for purposes of res judicata
• holding cause of action against insurance broker accrues at “the moment when the coverage is denied” and is extended by the discovery rule “until the plaintiff learns of the denial of coverage, if the plaintiff was not immediately aware of it.”
• comparing Broadnax and Indiana Insurance to the law in other jurisdictions and finding nothing “outside the norm”
• “[R]egardless of which of the two doctrines applies, only privity is in dispute, and privity is the same under either doctrine.”
• Two year statute of limitations in section 13- 214.4 “encompasses [all] claims by an insured against his insurance agent.”
• party has 30 days following entry of final, appealable order in which to appeal

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).