Legal Opinion
Crabb v. National Indemnity Company
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided March 23, 1973No. File 11035, 11041PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSON, Justice.
This is an action by a judgment creditor against an insurer to recover the balance remaining unpaid on a wrongful death judgment. The amount sought is an excess of the insured’s policy limits.
The defendant insurer, National Indemnity Company, had issued an automobile liability insurance policy to Sylvester Wade, with a limitation on liability of $10,000 for the death or injury of one person. On May 27, 1966, while the policy was in effect, Wade was involved in a motor vehicle-pedestrian accident which resulted in the death of John A. Ripple. Wade was thereafter charged with…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Gray v. Nationwide Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
- Brown v. Guarantee InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1957
- Kunkel v. United Security Ins. Co. of New JerseySouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1969
- Groce v. Fidelity General Insurance CompanyOregon Supreme Court · 1968
- Hernandez v. Great American Insurance Co. of New YorkTexas Supreme Court · 1971
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3Cited by40 opinions
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- Garrett v. BankWest, Inc.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1990
- Glenn v. FlemingSupreme Court of Kansas · 1990
- Isaac v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1994
- Champion v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1987
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