Legal Opinion
Rodriguez v. Windsor Insurance
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided July 19, 1994No. 21116PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MONTGOMERY, Chief Justice.
This is another in the seemingly endless series of cases in New Mexico involving the principle of “stacking” uninsured motorist coverages under an automobile insurance policy covering more than one vehicle. Our past cases have evolved a strong judicial policy, rooted in this state’s uninsured motorists insurance statute (NMSA 1978, Section 66-5-301 (Repl.Pamp.1994)), favoring stacking in order that a person injured by an uninsured or underinsured motorist may receive compensation for his or her damages to the extent of the insurance purchased for his or her…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Chavez v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1975
- Schmick v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1985
- Sanchez v. HerreraNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1989
- Lopez Ex Rel. Estate of Lopez v. Foundation Reserve InsuranceNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1982
- Jimenez v. Foundation Reserve InsuranceNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1988
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Montano v. Allstate Indemnity Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 2004
- Phoenix Indemnity Insurance v. PulisNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2000
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. GreenUtah Supreme Court · 2003
- Computer Corner, Inc. v. Fireman's Fund InsuranceNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2002
- Shope v. State Farm InsuranceNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1996
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