Legal Opinion

Linder Ex Rel. Linder v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota

Decided March 19, 1985No. C4-84-1502PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

HUSPENI, Judge.

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment that required State Farm to provide underinsured motorist benefits to Jennifer Linder. The several automobile insurance policies in question each contained an exclusion that denied underinsured benefits to a family member who was injured by another insured family vehicle. The court held that the exclusions were invalid. We reverse.

FACTS

On August 7, 1977, Jennifer Linder, a minor, was struck by a pickup owned by her father and driven by her brother. All were residents of the same household. Linder settled for the full $100,000…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Myers v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1983
  2. Eisenschenk v. Millers' Mutual Insurance Ass'n of IllinoisCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1984

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Paylor v. Hartford Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  2. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. VillicanaIllinois Supreme Court · 1998
  3. Kelly v. Nationwide InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  4. Marroquin v. Mutual Benefit InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  5. Travelers Insurance v. KullaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1990

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