Legal Opinion

Sumwalt v. Allstate Insurance

Ohio Supreme Court

Decided August 1, 1984No. 82-1839PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtClifford F. Brown, J.

The sole issue presented on appeal is whether plaintiff-appellant has a right to uninsured motorists benefits under her insurance policy with defendant-appellee containing the following uninsured motorists provision:

“We will pay damages for bodily injury, sickness, disease or death which a person insured is legally entitled to recover from the owner or operator of an *295' uninsured auto. Injury must be caused by accident and arise out of the "ownership, maintenance or use of an uninsured auto.” (Emphasis added.)

We conclude that appellant has a right to uninsured motorists benefits under the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Booth v. Fireman's Fund Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1968
  2. Allstate Insurance Co. v. ElkinsIllinois Supreme Court · 1979
  3. Deshotel v. Travelers Indemnity CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
  4. Bonkowsky v. BonkowskyOhio Supreme Court · 1982
  5. Guillot v. Travelers Indem. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1977

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. GilletteWisconsin Supreme Court · 2002
  2. Kurent v. Farmers Insurance of Columbus, Inc.Ohio Supreme Court · 1991
  3. Dairyland Insurance v. FinchOhio Supreme Court · 1987
  4. Kirchner v. CrystalOhio Supreme Court · 1984
  5. Tricia Miller, of the Estate of Rhonda Bishop v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1996

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