Legal Opinion
Rowell v. Utica Mutual Insurance
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 2, 1991PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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2Per curiam
Zolene Garner owned a 1975 Chrysler which was insured through defendant Utica Mutual Insurance Company. In March 1985 she gave her brother, plaintiff Leslie Rowell, permission to drive the vehicle. While plaintiff was stopped at a delicatessen, a man attempted to steal the vehicle. Plaintiff ran from the store, opened the driver’s side door and tried to prevent the thief from driving away. In doing so, plaintiff caught his foot in the door of the moving vehicle and was dragged alongside it, sustaining injuries as a result. Under the policy, a standard uninsured motorist…
3Cases cited8 opinions
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- Allstate Insurance v. FlaumenbaumNew York Supreme Court · 1970
- Matter of Knickerbocker Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1968
- State-Wide Insurance v. MurdockAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1969
- Neals v. Allstate InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1970
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