Legal Opinion
Murphy v. Milbank Mutual Insurance Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided June 6, 1986No. C1-85-88, C7-85-158PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONETT, Justice.
This case presents issues of whether uninsured motorist coverage should be implied for an insurer’s failure to offer, whether uninsured and underinsured coverages are mutually exclusive, and whether stacking applies to a commercial fleet policy. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
On October 29, 1977, Gary Murphy, a Minnesota resident, while driving his employer’s truck in Iowa, was fatally injured in a collision with a car. The car, owned and operated by an Iowa resident, carried the minimum bodily injury limits required by Iowa law of $10,000/20,000. Murphy’s employer,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Maryland v. Baltimore Radio Show, Inc. Et Al.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Integrity Mutual Insurance v. State Automobile & Casualty Underwriters InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1976
- Owens v. Federated Mutual Implement & Hardware Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1983
- Bartel v. New Haven TownshipSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1982
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Marriage of Sefkow v. SefkowSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1988
- Harris v. MageeMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
- Powell v. AndersonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2003
- Mattson v. Underwriters at Lloyds of LondonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1987
- State v. GellerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2003
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