Van Tassel v. Horace Mann Insurance Company

Knutson, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment entered in favor of plaintiffs in an action brought to secure a judicial determination of the correct application of certain provisions of our uninsured-motorist statute to the insurance policies involved.

Prior to the rendition of the judgment by the trial court, the issues of the nature and extent of plaintiffs’ damages and the liability of the uninsured motorist were submitted to an arbitrator who rendered an award in favor of Beltram Van Tassel for $12,000 with respect to his derivative claim for his son’s injuries and in…