Auto insurer can enforce UIM exhaustion clause 
Published: April 6, 2012
Tags: automobile insurance, underinsured motorist benefits
An automobile insurer may enforce an exhaustion clause in its policy to deny underinsured motorist benefits, the Utah Supreme Court has ruled in answering certified questions from the 10th Circuit.
Auto insurer hit with $10 million bad faith verdict
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: February 15, 2012
Tags: automobile insurance, bad faith, insurance coverage, Ohio
A jury has awarded $10 million to an Ohio couple whose insurer refused to pay their auto claim or provide a lawyer for their defense for hitting another car in an accident that killed one person and injured another.
Automobile policy covers diminished value
Published: December 30, 2011
Tags: automobile insurance, diminished value
An automobile insurance policy provided coverage for the diminished value of a post-accident, repaired car, the Washington Supreme Court has ruled in affirming judgment.
Insurance exclusion applies to granddaughter’s crash
Published: August 31, 2011
Tags: automobile insurance, household exclusion
A household exclusion in an automobile policy eliminated coverage for injuries suffered by members of the household of a permissive-driver insured, the Florida Supreme Court has ruled in reversing judgment.
Auto policy limits coverage for child’s mental anguish
Published: May 11, 2011
Tags: automobile insurance, emotional distress, wrongful death
A child was not entitled to recover damages under a separate insurance policy limit for the emotional distress he suffered as a result of witnessing his father’s death in a car crash, the Kansas Court of Appeals has ruled in affirming judgment.
Auto insurer must cover grieving mother’s PTSD
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: March 17, 2011
Tags: automobile insurance, personal injury protection benefits, post traumatic stress disorder, PTSD
An automobile insurer must cover a claim for psychological injuries made by an insured who witnessed a motorcycle accident in which her son suffered fatal injuries, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled in affirming judgment.
English-only insurance waiver valid
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: January 25, 2011
Tags: automobile insurance, UM/UIM insurance, waiver
A Spanish-speaking driver validly waived his right to uninsured motorist coverage – even though his insurance company informed him of his statutory rights in an English-only format, the Arizona Supreme Court has ruled in reversing a summary judgment.
Auto insurance doesn’t cover sexual assault
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: November 9, 2010
Tags: automobile insurance, sexual assault, UIM/UM insurance
An insured was not entitled to uninsured motorist coverage for sexual assaults that occurred in her assailant’s automobile, the New Hampshire Supreme Court has ruled in affirming a summary judgment.
Auto insurer must cover attorney fees
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: May 10, 2010
Tags: attorney fees, automobile insurance
An automobile insurance policy covers attorney fees related to an award of punitive damages against the insured, the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled in affirming judgment.
Successive vehicle collisions may be a single ‘accident’
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: March 11, 2010
Tags: automobile insurance, “accident” coverage
A driver who in succession struck two bicyclists along a highway may have been involved in a single “accident” for the purpose of determining her automobile insurance coverage, the Georgia Supreme Court has ruled in answering a certified question from a U.S. District Court.
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