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ROBERTS v. WESTERN-SOUTHERN LIFE INS. CO.

Nos. 82 C 6789, 82 C 5628.

568 F.Supp. 536 (1983)

Joan Carol ROBERTS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. WESTERN-SOUTHERN LIFE INSURANCE CO., et al., Defendants. UNION NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

July 29, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Whitebloom and Robert J. Cooley, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs in 82 C 6789.

Donald L. Johnson and Marty J. Schwartz, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs in 82 C 5628.

James B. Davidson, Peterson, Ross, Schloerb & Seidel, Chicago, Ill., for defendants in 82 C 6789.

Edward P. McNeela, Neal R. Novak, McNeela & Griffin, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for defendants in 82 C 5628.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

PRENTICE H. MARSHALL, District Judge.

These cases present the question whether an insured person or entity may under Illinois common law maintain a claim against an insurer for its bad faith conduct in handling a claim under an insurance policy. We are invited to reconsider our recent holding in Kelly v. Stratton, 552 F.Supp. 641 (N.D.Ill.1982), that such a common law cause of action exists...

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