Witness Affidavit Not Needed Before ‘John Doe’ Auto Suit Filed – SC Supreme Court January 25, 2024 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports A driver may file a “John Doe” civil action against an unknown driver, even without first obtaining an statement from...
Allstate Doesn’t Owe for Diminished Value; Farm Bureau Barred from Subro, Courts Say January 17, 2024 By William Rabb Two court rulings in Southeastern states have underscored insurers’ responsibilities under uninsured motorist laws. In a Mississippi class-action lawsuit, the...
Illinois High Court: UM Insurance Can’t Be Restricted to Occupants of Covered Vehicles December 4, 2023 By Jim Sams The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed an appellate court ruling that found that injuries to a 14-year-old boy who...
Contributory Doesn’t Nix Subsequent Negligence, Alabama Court Says in UM Case October 24, 2023 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports The Alabama Supreme Court has handed down two decisions that could have an impact on uninsured motorist claim payouts and...
Delaware High Court OKs Lien Against Uninsured Motorist Benefits in Workers’ Compensation Case September 7, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson The Delaware Supreme Court has broken with its own precedent to rule that a workers’ compensation insurance carrier may assert...
Connecticut High Court Affirms Ruling Denying State Troopers’ PTSD Claims April 25, 2023 By Jim Sams Two state troopers who were struck by a car on an interstate exit ramp cannot collect damages for post traumatic...
Is a Scooter a Vehicle? Appeals Court Says ‘Yes’ and State Farm Must Pay UM Claim April 4, 2023 By Jim Sams State Farm must pay an uninsured motorist claim for injuries caused by an electric motor scooter even though the scooter...
Uninsured Motorist Coverage Does Not Apply to Horse-Drawn Buggy December 13, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson Delaware courts have never before been asked whether a horse-drawn buggy is a motor vehicle. Now a state court has...
Oklahoma Court: Progressive’s Uninsured Motorist Exclusion Not Lawful July 30, 2021 Oklahoma’s highest court recently found that an insurer’s uninsured motorist exclusion violates state law. The Oklahoma Supreme Court came to...
Florida Couple Awarded $14.5M in Geico Uninsured Motorist Lawsuit November 17, 2015 A former chiropractor and his wife have won a $14.5 million jury verdict in a lawsuit filed over a 2004...