BELLEVILLE – A woman injured in a car crash was awarded a judgment and is seeking the amount from the insurer of the other driver.
Karina Santos filed a complaint on Nov. 15 in the St. Clair County Circuit Court against Unique Insurance Co., alleging the insurer failed to perform its contractual obligations.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff alleges that on Jan. 16 she was seriously injured when she was involved in a motor vehicle collision with another driver whose vehicle was insured by the defendant. The suit states that the defendant refused to defend the other driver in Santos' personal injury lawsuit.
The suit states that a judgment in the amount of $872,469.74 was awarded in favor of Santos on Aug. 9, and the other driver has assigned a claim against the defendant for its refusal to defend.
The plaintiff seeks judgment against Unique Insurance in the amount of $872,469.74, together with interest and costs of suit.
She is represented by G. Patrick Murphy of Murphy & Murphy LLC in Marion.
St. Clair County Circuit Court case number 17-L-676