Legal Opinion

Merry Clark, on Behalf of and as Next Friend of A.C., Minor, and S.C., Minor v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided January 8, 2007No. 05-4596PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MANION, Circuit Judge.

Merry Clark, on behalf of her two minor children A.C. and S.C., sued State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Company (“State Farm”), alleging that State Farm breached the terms of its insurance policy’s underin-sured motor vehicle (“UIM”) provision when it denied the Clark children’s UIM claims. The district court concluded that the driver of the automobile that injured the Clark children was not operating an underinsured motor vehicle as defined by Indiana’s underinsured motorist statute. Accordingly, the district court held that the Clark children were not entitled to…

2Cases cited11 opinions

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  2. Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  3. Erie Insurance v. Hickman Ex Rel. SmithIndiana Supreme Court · 1993
  4. Norton Sarnoff and Carl Fletcher, and v. American Home Products Corporation, Defendant-Appellant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
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3Cited by23 opinions

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