Legal Opinion

Atherton v. Brooks

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided May 6, 1999No. 94-CV-1094Published

1Opinion of the Court

RUIZ, Associate Judge:

The underlying case arose from a collision that occurred on an icy road in 1984 between a 1973 Lincoln Continental driven by Albert Brooks, Jr., one of the appellees, and the parked 1968 Ford Mustang of appellant, Peter J. Atherton. Atherton sued the Great American Insurance Company (“Great American”), the issuer of his automobile insurance policy, and Haycraft Insurance Agency, Inc. (“Haycraft”), from whom he obtained the. Great American insurance policy, alleging that they breached the uninsured motorist provisions of the policy by not adequately compensating him for…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Denton v. HernandezSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  2. Adkins v. E. I. DuPont De Nemours & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
  3. Norman E. Tedder v. Edward Odel, Cpl., James Scott McAlisterCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
  4. William McNeil v. Mary A. LowneyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
  5. Williams v. CarterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993

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