Legal Opinion
Jeanes v. Nationwide Insurance Co.
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided May 5, 1987No. Civ. A. 7682PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARTNETT, Vice-Chancellor.
This suit was brought by plaintiffs to reform the uninsured motorist coverage portion of their automobile liability insurance policy issued by defendant Nationwide Insurance Company. Nationwide moved for summary judgment asserting that several provisions in the policy it issued precludes plaintiffs, as a matter of law, from obtaining a reformation of it. I find that the motion for summary judgment must be denied because none of the provisions in the policy preclude plaintiffs from obtaining its reformation to increase their uninsured motorist coverage, if they can…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Harleysville Mutual Casualty Co. v. BlumlingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Hallowell v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSupreme Court of Delaware · 1982
- Bradley v. Mid-Century InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1980
- Motor Club of America Insurance v. PhillipsSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1974
- Wescott v. Allstate InsuranceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Selected Risks Insurance Co. v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
- Hurst v. Nationwide Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Delaware · 1995
- National Farmers Union Property & Casualty Co. v. BangSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1994
- Walter Lomax, Sr., Administrator of the Estate of Walter Lomax, Jr. v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
- Hill v. Maryland Casualty Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
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