Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Fire Insurance Exchange v. Oltmanns

Court of Appeals of Utah

Decided August 16, 2012No. 20100462-CAPublished

1ConcurrenceVoros, Associate Presiding Judge

13 I concur fully in the lead opinion. I write separately to explain why I believe that opinion appropriately cites Wikipedia in construing the term "jet ski" in the insurance contract at issue here. Wikipedia has been cited in hundreds of American judicial opinions, including one issued by the Utah Supreme Court. See State v. Alverez, 2006 UT 61, ¶ 16 n. 5, 147 P.3d 425 (citing a Wikipedia entry on Jesus Malverde). But today's lead opinion is the first time this court has cited it.

T 14 Wikipedia is a "free, collaboratively edited, and multilingual Internet encyclopedia" whose 22 million…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Campbell v. Secretary of Health & Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2006
  2. Alf v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1993
  3. United States v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2012
  4. J.M.W. v. T.I.Z.Utah Supreme Court · 2011
  5. United States v. LawsonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2012

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