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Insurance: Automobile Policy-Uninsured Motorist-Owned-Vehicle Exclusion
Where plaintiff, who was injured in an auto accident with an uninsured motorist, challenged the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of an insurer and upholding an owned-vehicle uninsured motorist exclusion clause in two auto policies covering vehicles not involved in the accident, the owned-vehicle exclusion applied, and the exclusions in the two […]
Supreme Court finds no uninsured motorist coverage for woman who died in crash
A Missouri woman whose daughter died in a vehicle crash is not entitled to underinsured motorist cover-age following the crash, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled June 4. The court unanimously held that Chelsea Seaton, the daughter of plaintiff Leslie Seaton, was not a defined insured person under two of her mother’s three automobile insurance policies […]
Woman, adult son collect from uninsured motorist policy
A Bates County man and his mother, both injured in a collision that killed a driver who hit their car head-on, settled an uninsured motorist lawsuit against their own insurer for a total of $320,000. Gene Allen Morris, 53, and Erma Wainscott, 74, both of Butler, were airlifted to Research Medical Center in Kansas City […]
Man ‘occupying’ stuck truck settles with insurer
An Independence man who was injured while trying to extricate his vehicle after it slid into a ditch settled an uninsured-motorist claim with his employer’s insurer for $500,000. The plaintiff, identified by his attorney as P.T., was injured on the morning of Feb. 16, 2015, on southbound Missouri Highway 291 and East 39th Street, according […]
Insurance: Uninsured Motorist-Drive-by Shooting-Missouri Law
Where the widow of a man killed in a drive-by shooting sought damages under the uninsured-motorist provisions of the couple’s automobile liability policy, the district court properly granted summary judgment to the insurer because any liability of the uninsured motorist and his occupants did not arise from the use of the vehicle. The shots just […]
Insurance : Uninsured Motorist – Named Insured
Carter v. Shelter Mutual Insurance Company (MLW No. 70261/Case No. ED104654 – 7 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Richter, J.)
Insurance : Auto Accident – Uninsured Motorist – Ambiguity
Taylor v. Owners Insurance Company (MLW No. 69687/Case No. WD79128 – 16 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Mitchell, J.)
Insurance : Uninsured Motorist – Stacking – Public Policy
Nationwide Insurance Company of America v. Dugger (MLW No. 68723/Case No. SD33484 – 6 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Bates, J.)
Insurance : Uninsured Motorist – Prior Consistent Statements – Motorcycle Accident
Richey v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (MLW No. 68745/Case No. ED101584 – 14 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Clayton III, J.)
Insurance : Uninsured Motorist – Stacking – Public Policy
Nationwide Insurance Company of America v. Dugger (MLW No. 68723/Case No. SD33484 – 6 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Bates, J.)
Insurance : Fire Truck Accident – Uninsured Motorist – Fellow-Employee Exclusion
Wise v. Thornhill (MLW No. 68633/Case No. SD33715 – 6 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Bates, J.)
Insurance : Uninsured Motorist – Settlement Proceeds – Tennessee Law
McHone v. Anderson (MLW No. 67774/Case No. 14-2125 – 7 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Harpool, J.)
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