Legal Opinion
Vigil v. Rio Grande Insurance
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided November 14, 1997No. 17544PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FLORES, Judge.
1.Plaintiffs, Joe and Genara Vigil, filed a complaint against Defendants for damages and declaratory relief arising out of an accident involving Genara Vigil and an uninsured motorist. Defendants denied coverage to Plaintiffs based on the fact that Genara Vigil had signed a form rejecting uninsured motorists coverage. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of Defendants. We affirm the trial court and hold that, under the particular facts of this case, the rejection form signed by Genara Vigil was valid and Plaintiffs are not entitled to have uninsured motorists…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Chavez v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1975
- Paiz v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1994
- Romero v. Dairyland InsuranceNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1990
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Plaintiff-Intervenor/appellant v. American Casualty Company of Reading, Pa.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992
- Ruiz v. GarciaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1993
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Bird v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2007
- Vigil v. Rio Grande Ins. of Santa FeNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1997
- Arias v. Phoenix Indemnity InsuranceNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2009
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