Legal Opinion
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. v. Northwestern National Casualty Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided April 7, 1980No. 80-36PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Darrell Hickman, Justice,
Jerry Ralph Dumas, an employee of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, the appellant, was injured in an automobile accident. So were his wife and son. They sued one James L. Shutes and obtained a default judgment totaling $165,000.00 Shutes was uninsured.
Cooper had advanced the Dumases over $12,000.00 in medical payments as provided for in Cooper’s major medical plan for its employees. The Cooper benefit plan was for certain employees in addition to their salary.
Dumas had an automobile liability policy with Northwestern National Casualty Company which included up to…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Southern Cotton Oil Co. v. Napoleon Hill Cotton Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1913
- Roy C. Ritter v. United States Fidelity and Guaranty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
- Baker v. LeighSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1965
- Cooper v. Home Owners' Loan Corp.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1939
- Richard M. Courson v. Maryland Casualty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. MidgettSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1995
- St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Murray Guard, Inc.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 2001
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