Legal Opinion
Progressive Casuality Insurance Co. v. MMG Insurnace Co.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided August 1, 2014No. 2012-391PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtReiber, C.J.
¶ 1. In this insurance coverage dispute, we revisit an issue that we first confronted in 2003. In Colwell v. Allstate Insurance Co., we recognized an anomaly in our then-existing uninsured/underinsured motorist (UM/UIM) law for accidents involving multiple victims. 2003 VT 5, 175 Vt. 61, 819 A.2d 727. Because the law at that time required a strict “limits to limits” comparison, a party could be denied the benefits of a UIM policy that he purchased even though he did not recover the “limits” of a tortfeasor’s liability policy. Thus, in some multi-victim cases, a party was better off,, if…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Myers v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1983
- Millers Casualty Insurance Co. of Texas v. BriggsWashington Supreme Court · 1983
- Colwell v. Allstate InsuranceSupreme Court of Vermont · 2003
- In Re Wal Mart Stores, Inc.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1997
- Sanders v. St. Paul Mercury InsuranceSupreme Court of Vermont · 1987
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