Legal Opinion
Karasawa v. TIG Insurance Co.
Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals
Decided July 24, 1998No. 20458PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATANABE, Judge.
The sole question presented by this appeal is whether an injured party covered by an uninsured motorist (UM) insurance policy may recover under that policy for the apportioned negligence of an uninsured tortfeasor even though there are “concurrent tortfea-sors, jointly responsible” for the injured party’s injuries, who have liability insurance policies with total policy limits greater than the amount of the total judgment entered in favor of the injured party. The Second Circuit Court (circuit court) answered the foregoing question in the negative, essentially concluding that…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Harthcock v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyMississippi Supreme Court · 1971
- Montalvo v. LapezHawaii Supreme Court · 1994
- Dawes v. First Insurance Co. of Hawai'iHawaii Supreme Court · 1994
- Motorists Mutual Ins. Co. v. TomanskiOhio Supreme Court · 1971
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