Legal Opinion

Shelter Mutual Insurance Co. v. Thompson

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided May 24, 1993No. 92SC104PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Vollack

Petitioners Shelter Mutual Insurance Company and Shelter General Insurance Company (referred to jointly as Shelter) petition from the court of appeals opinion in Thompson v. Shelter Mutual Insurance Co., 835 P.2d 518 (Colo.App.1991). The court of appeals held that “anti-stacking language in automobile insurance policies which attempts to limit underinsured motorist benefits to an insured covered simultaneously by two or more policies is adverse to the law and public policy of this state and is void and unenforceable.” Id. at 524. We reverse.

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The parties stipulated to the following facts.…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. People v. DavisSupreme Court of Colorado · 1990
  2. Terranova v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1990
  3. Kral v. American Hardware Mutual Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1989
  4. Colorado State Board of Medical Examiners v. SaddorisSupreme Court of Colorado · 1992
  5. Alliance Mutual Casualty Company v. DuersonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1974

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Union Insurance Co. v. HoutzSupreme Court of Colorado · 1994
  2. Compton v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.Colorado Court of Appeals · 1993
  3. Breaux v. American Family Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2009
  4. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. SteinColorado Court of Appeals · 1994
  5. Bush v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.Colorado Court of Appeals · 2004

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