Legal Opinion
Touchette v. Northwestern Mutual Insurance
Washington Supreme Court
Decided March 2, 1972No. 42062PublishedCited by 128 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHale, J.
Is the statute (RCW 48.22.030) relating to uninsured motorist coverage of such overriding consequence as to govern the express terms of an insurance contract? Without determining the precise meaning of the contract’s language, we are of the opinion that the declared public policy of the state as set forth in RCW 48.22.030 must be given controlling effect.
Claude and Alice Touchette lived in King County; their regularly employed 22-year-old son, William C. Touchette, lived with them as a member of their household. February 1, 1968, the Touchettes purchased an automobile casualty insurance…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Occidental Life Insurance v. PowersWashington Supreme Court · 1937
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Hinkel Ex Rel. HinkelNevada Supreme Court · 1971
- Bankes v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
- Gulf American Fire & Casualty Co. v. McNealCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1967
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3Cited by128 opinions
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- Britton v. Safeco Insurance Co. of AmericaWashington Supreme Court · 1985
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