"We are pleased that the Appellate Court applied the innocent insured doctrine to the misappropriation exclusion in this hard-fought litigation. We hope that this ruling will protect innocent insureds, like our client, in the future," said Dana's attorneys, Joseph Bosco and Costa Diamond of LaRose & Bosco, in Oak Park, Illinois. Credit: Stellarit/Shutterstock.com "We are pleased that the Appellate Court applied the innocent insured doctrine to the misappropriation exclusion in this hard-fought litigation. We hope that this ruling will protect innocent insureds, like our client, in the future," said Dana's attorneys, Joseph Bosco and Costa Diamond of LaRose & Bosco, in Oak Park, Illinois. Credit: Stellarit/Shutterstock.com

In an insurance dispute, the Illinois First District Court of Appeals affirmed a judgment awarding a woman $176,356 after her husband replaced the diamond in her 3.57 carat engagement ring with a synthetic one, finding she was entitled coverage as an "innocent insured."

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