Legal Opinion

Glover v. Tennessee Farmers Mutual Insurance Co.

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided June 7, 1971PublishedCited by 53 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Humphreys

The sole question presented by this appeal is whether the uninsured motorist statute, secs. 56-1148 through 56-1153 T.C.A. authorizes an insured to bring suit on the casualty policy directly against the insurer. The trial judge held on demurrer this could not be done. The insured has appealed and assigned this as error. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The Glovers sued Tennessee Farmers alleging that they were insured by four policies of liability insurance issued by that company, and that under the uninsured motorist endorsement they were entitled to recover for serious personal…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Laird v. Nationwide InsuranceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1964
  2. John Doe v. BrownSupreme Court of Virginia · 1962
  3. Hill v. Seaboard Fire & Marine Insurance CompanyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1963
  4. Boughton v. Farmers Insurance ExchangeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1960
  5. Gulf American Fire & Casualty Co. v. McNealCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1967

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3Cited by53 opinions

  1. Winner v. RatzlaffSupreme Court of Kansas · 1973
  2. Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. WebbCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1981
  3. Gaston v. Tennessee Farmers Mutual Insurance Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 2003
  4. Reese v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1979
  5. LeFevre v. WestberrySupreme Court of Alabama · 1991

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