Legal Opinion
American Motorist Insurance Co. v. Sarvela
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided November 24, 1982No. 81-1210PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TODD, Justice.
This case involves a dispute over insurance coverage under the Minnesota No-Fault Insurance Act, Minn.Stat. § 65B.41, et seq. (1980). The stipulated facts disclose that Vicky M. Sarvela was riding her motorcycle when struck by an automobile driven by Sharon Johnson. Sarvela suffered severe personal injuries. 1
Sarvela collected $50,000, which was the combined policy limit from Johnson’s insurer and her motorcycle’s underinsured cover age. She then sought to recover underin-sured benefits on an automobile she owned. 2
The insurance policy contained an exclusionary clause which the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Holman v. All Nation Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1980
- Van Tassel v. Horace Mann Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1973
- Integrity Mutual Insurance v. State Automobile & Casualty Underwriters InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1976
- Nygaard v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1974
- Kaysen v. Federal Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1978
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3Cited by40 opinions
- Paylor v. Hartford Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
- Myers v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1983
- Kelly v. Nationwide InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
- Marroquin v. Mutual Benefit InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- Monteith v. Jefferson Ins. Co. of New YorkSupreme Court of Vermont · 1992
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