Legal Opinion

Pirkle v. National American Insurance

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided October 30, 2006No. 04-17013Published

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM**

Plaintiff Kenneth Pirkle appeals the district court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of Defendant National American Insurance Company of California on his insurance claim. We affirm.

The district court properly determined that Plaintiff cannot “stack” insurance coverages under his employer’s insurance policy, because that policy contains a valid “anti-stacking” provision under Nevada law. See Nev.Rev.Stat. 687B.145(1) (allowing insurers to prevent stacking by including an anti-stacking provision meeting three requirements). First, the anti-stacking provision is clear. See…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Bove v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaNevada Supreme Court · 1990
  2. Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. CoatneyNevada Supreme Court · 2002
  3. Lee v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaHawaii Supreme Court · 1988

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