Legal Opinion
O'Neal v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided July 23, 2009No. 503, 2008PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
STEELE, Chief Justice:
Joyce O’Neal, as Administrator of the Estate of Elizabeth Reader, appeals from a Superior Court order granting State Farm’s motion for summary judgment. After drinking several beers and smoking crack cocaine, Reader embarked on a per sonal errand in a van owned by her employer and insured by State Farm. Around midnight on July 10, 2006, she pulled that van onto the shoulder of 1-495. For reasons unknown, Reader then left the van, which then struck and killed her as she walked behind it. The trial judge determined as a matter of law that State Farm is not obligated to…
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- Mason v. United Services Automobile Ass'nSupreme Court of Delaware · 1997
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. RagatzSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1997
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