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2004 Articles

Alphabetical listing of cases December 2004 Mitchell v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, 343 Ill.App.3d 281, 796 N.E.2d 617, 277 Ill. Dec. 531 (4th div. 2004) SUIT LIMITATION PERIOD (1434).
Alphabetical listing of cases November 2004 Alberto-Culver Company v. Aon Corporation, 351 Ill.App.3d 123, 812 N.E.2d 369, 285 Ill. Dec. 549 (1st dist. 4th div. 2004) EXCLUSIONS: COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY (1435)
Alphabetical listing of cases January 2004 Recent cases listed alphabetically.
Cases December 2004 Recent cases of interest.
Cases November 2004 Automatic insurance clause extends coverage to newly-acquired vehicle for accident occurring during grace period despite lack of notice to insurer that insured automobile has been replaced.
Cases January 2004 Summaries of recent cases.
Cites from September 2003 issue January 2004 Adams ex rel. Adams v. American International Group, Inc., 339 Ill.App.3d 669, 791 N.E.2d 26, 274 Ill. Dec. 230 (1st dist. 5th div. 2003).
Department of Insurance merged into new Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) By Laura Kotelman December 2004 During the February 2004 budget address, Governor Rod Blagojevich presented his plan to unite five agencies into the new Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR).
Governor Rod Blagojevich signed Senate Bill 2238 into law on July 16, 2004 By Laura Kotelman December 2004 First, in provisions pertaining to the limits of liability for an insurer providing underinsured motorist coverage, it deletes the sentence that provides that the maximum amount payable by the underinsured motorist coverage carrier shall not exceed the amount by which the limits of the underinsured motorist coverage exceeds the limits of the bodily injury liability insurance of the owner or operator of the underinsured motor vehicle.
Words & phrases index of cases December 2004 Recent cases arranged by subject matter.
Words & phrases index of cases November 2004 Automatic insurance clause extends coverage to newly-acquired vehicle for accident occurring during grace period despite lack of notice to insurer that insured automobile has been replaced.
Words & phrases index of cases January 2004 Retail insurance broker lacked standing to assert a breach of contract claim against insurer.