Legal Opinion

Harris v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided September 4, 1992No. 305A91PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FRYE, Justice.

Defendant Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company (Nationwide) presents two distinct issues on this appeal: (1) whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that intrapolicy stacking is permitted in determining an insurer’s limit of liability when the injured party is the minor daughter of the named insured; and (2) whether the tortfeasor’s vehicle in which the minor plaintiff was riding when injured was an “underinsured highway vehicle,” even though the liability coverage on the vehicle was equal to the liability limit under the Nationwide policy issued to the minor’s parents. As…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Electric Supply Co. of Durham, Inc. v. Swain Electrical Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1991
  2. Bradley v. Mid-Century InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1980
  3. Sutton v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1989
  4. Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. ChantosSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1977
  5. Shelton v. Morehead Memorial HospitalSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1986

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Lunsford v. MillsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2014
  2. Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. MabeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1996
  3. McLeod v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 1994
  4. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. v. MabeCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1994
  5. NC Farm Bureau, Mut. Ins. Co. v. BostCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1997

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