Court Opinion

ID: 9726841
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 13:10:22.468139+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:25:31.348438
License: Public Domain

JUSTICE ALLOY, dissenting: I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion. I would affirm on the basis of the conclusion and reasoning of the court in Kooyenga v. Hertz Equipment Rentals, Inc. (1979), 79 Ill. App. 3d 1051, 1060-61, 399 N.E.2d 216. In that case, the court again expressly rejected Ancateau even where a contract defense was presented. There the court correctly, I believe, put the interests of a plaintiff in a sure and speedy remedy ahead of the interests of the insurance company. As noted therein, the insurance company has a remedy should the judgment ultimately be reversed on appeal. In view of the fact that Kooyenga is the most recent case of precedential value in this State concerning this issue and the majority opinion in the instant case will be making a contrary change in the applicable rule of law, the issue should be considered by the Illinois Supreme Court.