Legal Opinion
Apodaca v. Allstate Insurance Co.
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided June 20, 2011No. 10SC39PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Marquez
The Uninsured Motorist Act, section 10-4-609, C.R.S. (2010), requires insurers to offer uninsured/underinsured motorist ("UM/UIM") coverage with every "automobile lability or motor vehicle liability" policy sold in Colorado. In Apodaca v. Allstate Insurance Co., 282 P.3d 253, 258 (Colo.App.2009), the court of appeals held that this statutory requirement does not apply to umbrella policies. We granted a petition for a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' ruling, and now affirm.
In June 2002, Codiejo Apodaca (now Co-diejo Martinez) and her stepsister Michelle L. Carlton…
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