Atlanta Casualty Co. v. Gordon

Because I believe the majority opinion represents the activist interpretation of an unambiguous statute, I must respectfully dissent.

The question in this case is, does the statute allow an insured to recover from his uninsured motorist carrier for the death of his son by an uninsured motorist? The plain language of the statute says yes. Under the language of his policy, however, the father could not recover from the uninsured motorist, because the policy specifies that the insured himself must suffer a bodily injury. The statute, on the other hand, does not require that an insured himself…