Legal Opinion
Uptegraft v. Home Insurance Co.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided April 20, 1983No. 59699PublishedCited by 152 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPALA, Justice:
Certified to us under the Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act, 20 O.S.1981 § 1601 et seq., is the following first-impression question:
“Does an injured person, by failing to commence an action against an uninsured motorist tortfeasor within the time established by 12 Okla.Stat.1981 § 95 Third, thereby discharge the injured person’s insurer from liability upon its uninsured motorist insurance policy?”
We answer in the negative and hold that actions to recover a loss under the uninsured motorist coverage are governed by the five-year statute of limitations applicable to…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Pickering v. American Employers InsuranceSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1971
- Booth v. Fireman's Fund Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1968
- Laird v. Nationwide InsuranceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1964
- Winner v. RatzlaffSupreme Court of Kansas · 1973
- Sahloff v. Western Casualty & Surety Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1969
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3Cited by152 opinions
- Reynolds v. PorterSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1988
- Buzzard v. Farmers Ins. Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1991
- Silver v. SlusherSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1989
- Britton v. Safeco Insurance Co. of AmericaWashington Supreme Court · 1985
- Frey v. Independence Fire & Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1985
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