McClellan v. Sentry Indemnity Co.

OPINION

HAIRE, Presiding Judge.

The primary issues in this appeal are (1) whether a clause which excludes government-owned vehicles from a policy’s definition of “Uninsured Motor Vehicles” violates Arizona’s Uninsured Motorist Act, A.R.S. § 20-259.01, and, if so, (2) whether the limits of uninsured motorist coverage available to the insured is the statutorily required amount set forth in A.R.S. § 28-1142 or the amount set forth in the policy for uninsured motorist coverage, in this case, $500,000.

Appellant, Christopher McClellan, a policeman employed by the City of Phoenix, was injured when a…