Legal Opinion
American Family Mutual Insurance Co. v. Merrill
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided April 18, 1990No. 16505, 16512PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BERNDT, Circuit Judge.
On the evening of December 31, 1986, a one vehicle accident occurred on a Hughes County road involving a pickup owned by Kenneth Wipf and driven by Tamara Merrill. The four occupants in the pickup were: Kenneth Wipf, Tamara Merrill, Mark Hattum and Nicolle Hageman. Kenneth Wipf died as a result of the accident and Mark Hattum received serious bodily injuries, leaving him a quadriplegic.
Four lawsuits arose out of the accident. Andrew Wipf, Administrator of the Estate of Kenneth Wipf, brought a wrongful death action against Tamara Merrill and against Hughes County and two…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Consumer Product Safety Commission v. GTE Sylvania, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Wilson v. Great Northern Railway CompanySouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1968
- Mission Insurance v. BrownCalifornia Supreme Court · 1965
- Clark v. Regent Insurance Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1978
- Johnson v. Skelly Oil Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1984
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- First Dakota National Bank v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
- First Dakota National Bank v. St. Paul Fire & Marine InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
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