Case of St. Ambrose Baseball Player Meets ‘Covered Travel’ Requirements

By Timothy Liam Epstein, Esq. SmithAmundsen, LLC   In Regan v. Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co., 2007 Ill. App. LEXIS 894 (1st Dist. Aug. 17, 2007), the Appellate Court of Illinois affirmed the trial court, which granted summary judgment to a collegiate baseball player who sued Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company after being paralyzed while diving into the ocean during a spring break baseball trip in March 2002. Specifically, the Court found that the school’s insurance policy covered the p