(May 15, 2017, 9:09 AM EDT) -- ELGIN, Ill. — An Illinois appeals panel on May 11 affirmed a lower court’s ruling that held that an insurer acted vexatiously and unreasonably in failing to defend its pet motel insured against an underlying negligence lawsuit that resulted in a $45,000 consent judgment (Sabas Soto v. Country Mutual Insurance Co., et al., No. 2-16-0720, Ill. App., 2nd Dist., 2017 Ill. App. Unpub. LEXIS 943)....