Legal Opinion
Rau v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided September 25, 1978No. 4644-1PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Andersen, A.C.J.—
Facts of Case
A truck driver, who was struck by an uninsured motorist when he had briefly left his truck to inquire about directions, appeals from a summary judgment determining that he was not covered by the uninsured motorist endorsement of the insurance policy on the truck.
Paul Rau was employed as a truck driver by Superior Fast Freight Company. Superior was in the local cartage and freight forwarding business and its trucks were covered by an automobile insurance policy issued by Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. The policy contained an uninsured motorist endorsement.
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2Cases cited11 opinions
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