Legal Opinion
Underwriters for Lloyds of London v. Jones
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided October 23, 1953PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLIKEN, Justice.
The principal questions for decision are whether a taxicab indemnity insurance policy issued pursuant to KRS 281.460 limits the liability of the insurer to : (1) $5,000 for any one accident or (2) $5,000 to each person injured or killed in any one accident. We also must decide how the proceeds of insurance are to be distributed.
In 1949 a taxicab owned and operated by the assured, Jerry M. Smith, was involved in an accident in which one person was killed and three others injured. Thereafter four suits were filed against the assured in the Perry Circuit Court. The first case…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Century Indemnity Co. v. KofskySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1932
3Cited by4 opinions
- Burchfield v. BevansCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1957
- Moore v. McDowellMichigan Court of Appeals · 1974
- Williams' Adm'x v. Lloyds of LondonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1955
- Burchfield v. BevansCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1957