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Rice v. AAA Aerostar, Inc.
State: Illinois
Court: 4th District Appellate
Docket No: 4-97-0488
Case Date: 02/09/1998
                               NO. 4-97-0488

                          IN THE APPELLATE COURT

                                OF ILLINOIS

                              FOURTH DISTRICT

KATHERINE RICE,                         )    Appeal from
          Plaintiff-Appellant,          )    Circuit Court of
          v.                            )    Sangamon County
AAA AEROSTAR, INC., d/b/a               )    No. 94L337
RALLY'S RESTAURANT,                     )
          Defendant,                    )    
          and                           )    
STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY            )    Honorable
COMPANY,                                )    Jeanne E. Scott,
          Garnishee-Appellee.           )    Judge Presiding.



          JUSTICE COOK delivered the opinion of the court:
          This case presents the question whether an insurance
company can avoid payment of a claim because it was not given
notice that suit had been filed, although it was given notice of
the occurrence.  We reject plaintiff's argument that the
insurer's awareness of the potential for lawsuit gave the insurer
notice sufficient for it to locate and defend the suit.  Never-
theless, we reverse the summary judgment entered for the insurer,
because the insurer's affidavit did not negate the possibility
that the insurer had actual notice.
          On July 7, 1992, plaintiff slipped and fell in a park-
ing lot owned by defendant, AAA Aerostar, Inc., d/b/a Rally's
Restaurant.  At the time of the fall, plaintiff was 8

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