Legal Opinion

Lindahl v. Howe

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided March 14, 1984No. 83-529PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McCORMICK, Justice.

The trial court awarded plaintiff Wendell Lindahl judgment for $15,000 under the *549uninsured motorist coverage of his automobile insurance policy with defendant State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. In doing so the court invalidated a policy exclusion that otherwise would have barred Lindahl’s recovery. State Farm contends the court erred in striking the exclusion. Because we agree with the trial court that the exclusion violates Iowa Code section 516A.1 (1981), we affirm.

The case was tried on stipulated facts. The parties agreed that Lindahl was operating his 1981…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Mullis v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1971
  2. Touchette v. Northwestern Mutual InsuranceWashington Supreme Court · 1972
  3. Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance v. GartelmanCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1980
  4. Bradley v. Mid-Century InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1980
  5. Rodman v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1973

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Calvert v. Farmers Ins. Co. of ArizonaArizona Supreme Court · 1985
  2. Lemars Mutual Insurance Co. v. JofferSupreme Court of Iowa · 1998
  3. Miller v. Westfield Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 2000
  4. Hillman v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Co.Alaska Supreme Court · 1988
  5. Kapadia v. Preferred Risk Mutual Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1988

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