Legal Opinion
Reichel v. Government Employees Insurance
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 19, 1985PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.
The maximum recovery limits for wrongful death under an uninsured motorist indorsement are $50,000 for the death of one person and $100,000 for the death of two or more persons (Insurance Law § 3420 [formerly § 167 (2-a)]). Pursuant to "terms and conditions * * * prescribed by the board of directors of the Motor Vehicle Accident Indemnification Corporation [MVAIC] and approved by the superintendent [of insurance]” (id.), when a claimant and an insurer cannot agree upon the amount to be recovered…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Miller v. Continental InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Country-Wide Insurance v. WagonerNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
- Metropolitan Property & Liability Insurance v. CassidyNew York Supreme Court · 1985
- Gull v. General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corp.New York Supreme Court · 1983
3Cited by18 opinions
- Raffellini v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 2007
- Fox v. Atlantic Mutual InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance v. MorganAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
- Morris v. Progressive Cas. Ins. Co., Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1987
- Hanover Insurance v. LosquadroNew York Supreme Court · 1993
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