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Uninsured Motorist

May 8, 2020

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 […]

Jun 10, 2019

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 […]

Jun 5, 2019

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 […]

May 23, 2019

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 […]

May 13, 2019

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 […]

Mar 10, 2017

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.)

Sep 15, 2016

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.)

Feb 4, 2016

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.)

Feb 2, 2016

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.)

Feb 1, 2016

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.)

Jan 7, 2016

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.)

May 9, 2015

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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