Legal Opinion
Novak v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided June 18, 1980No. 12771PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUNN, Justice.
Plaintiff (appellant) appeals the judgment entered below after a court trial on stipulated facts. The judgment dismissed plaintiff’s claim against defendant (appel-lee) insurance company. We reverse.
The plaintiff is the natural mother of Sally Jo Schulte, who was killed in an automobile accident July 28, 1972, just east of Watertown, South Dakota. The car in which Sally Jo Schulte was a passenger at the time of her death was driven by Lloyd Kretsinger, the decedent’s cousin, and the son of the defendant’s insured, Harriet Kretsinger. Lloyd Kretsinger was also killed in the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Mazzilli v. Acc. & Cas. Ins. Co. of WinterthurSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1961
- Hughes v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1975
- Giokaris v. KincaidSupreme Court of Missouri · 1960
- Pamperin v. Milwaukee Mutual InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1972
- National Farmers Union Property & Casualty Co. v. MacaWisconsin Supreme Court · 1965
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Hearty v. HarrisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1991
- Cimarron Insurance Co. v. CroyleSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1992
- Brishky v. StateSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1991
- Moller v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceNebraska Supreme Court · 1997
- Monica Stoner v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
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