Illinois Supreme Court December 20, 1985, 61237 (Cloninger v. National General Insurance)

CHIEF JUSTICE CLARK

delivered the opinion of the court:

On November 20, 1981, the plaintiff, Duane Cloninger, was injured while a passenger in an automobile. Cloninger sued the driver of the automobile in which he was a passenger and received a settlement in the amount of $16,000. The settlement amount represented the limits of the driver’s insurance coverage.