In this case, a teenage boy was hit by a car while riding his bike, and the boy's father sought UM benefits for his son as a "relative" under the father's Direct Auto policy. (Credit: ambrozinio/Shutterstock.com)
The Appellate Court of Illinois ruled against an auto insurance carrier who denied two separate claims for coverage because the injured parties were not physically inside an insured auto at the time of the accidents. The case is called Galarza v. Direct Auto Ins. Co., 2022 Ill. App. LEXIS 421 (Ill. App. Ct. 2022).
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