Dwayne Clay, M.D., P.C. v. Government Employees Insurance

RODOWSKY, Judge.

In this case a personal automobile liability insurer, in reliance on a nonassignability clause in the policy, refused to recognize a post-accident assignment, by the injured insured to a health care provider, of benefits payable under the policy’s uninsured motorist coverage in an amount equal to the provider’s charges for health care rendered as a result of the accident. The question presented is whether that application of the nonassignability clause is contrary to public policy. Within the framework of the arguments presented, we shall answer the question “No.”

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