Halseth v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

OTIS H. GODFREY, Jr., Justice.*

Defendant’s appeal in this declaratory judgment action challenges the determination of the district court that a provision in automobile liability insurance policies issued by defendant under which plaintiffs sought uninsured-motorist coverage is invalid because it contravenes the intent of Minn.St. 65B.49, subd. 4. We affirm.

The three policies in question all define a “hit-and-run vehicle” as “a land motor vehicle which causes bodily injury to an insured arising out of physical contact of such vehicle with the insured or with a vehicle which the insured is…