Carpenter v. North River Insurance Company

TUNKS, Chief Justice.

The appellant, Mrs. Murlean Dickerson Carpenter, bought a policy of automobile insurance from the appellee, The North River Insurance Company. That policy had an uninsured motorist provision. During the time it was in force, Mrs. Carpenter was injured in an automobile collision with another driver who did not have public liability insurance coverage which fact gave rise to her claim for benefit under the uninsured motorist provision of her policy.

The insurance policy also provided for arbitration of claims arising under the uninsured motorist clause in accordance with the…