{"id":3591,"date":"2014-05-13T10:00:57","date_gmt":"2014-05-13T15:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=3591"},"modified":"2019-12-29T11:49:12","modified_gmt":"2019-12-29T11:49:12","slug":"illinois-appellate-court-finds-favor-insurance-company-failure-settle-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-finds-favor-insurance-company-failure-settle-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Appellate Court Finds in Favor of Insurance Company in Failure to Settle Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In a case that involved a \u201cduty to settle\u201d claim, the Illinois Appellate Court affirmed a decision dismissing a claim made by the insured, Randy Powell against his auto insurance company, American Service Insurance Co. (ASI).\u00a0 It was alleged in the lawsuit by Randy Powell that Katie Linares broadsided his van when he stopped in front of her vehicle and started turning left to make a U-turn.\u00a0 Powell demanded the $20,000 limit of the auto policy that Linares had purchased from ASI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">ASI rejected the demand and Powell continued on to a jury trial, which returned a verdict of $47,951.\u00a0 Linares assigned her rights against the insurer to Powell who then sued for breach of duty to settle against ASI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">According to paragraph 6 of the complaint, \u201cLinares was operating her vehicle on northbound Medline Drive, a private street or corporate driveway, in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mundelein-il.org\/\">Mundelein, Illinois<\/a>, behind the van being operated by Powell, saw him make a left turn attempting to make a U-turn and stopping in front of the Linares vehicle either perpendicular or at a northwest angle to the northbound roadway, and, rather than apply her brakes or attempt to veer behind the van driven by Powell, veered directly into the van striking it broadside with a strong impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-finds-favor-insurance-company-failure-settle-case\/#more-3591\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a case that involved a \u201cduty to settle\u201d claim, the Illinois Appellate Court affirmed a decision dismissing a claim made by the insured, Randy Powell against his auto insurance company, American Service Insurance Co. 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