Legal Opinion
Davenport v. Aid Ins. Co.(Mutual)
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided June 15, 1983No. 68352PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHULTZ, Justice.
Lona R. Dugan was killed in a collision between her Volkswagen and a vehicle driven by Steven Hutzell, an uninsured motorist. Pamela Davenport, the administrator of Dugan’s estate, obtained a judgment against Hutzell in the amount of $100,000, but was unable to collect it. She subsequently filed an action against Volkswagen in which she alleged that Dugan’s automobile had been defectively designed. That action was settled when Volkswagen paid the estate $60,000 in exchange for plaintiff’s covenant not to proceed.
Davenport then filed a claim against Aid Insurance Company…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Wescott v. Allstate InsuranceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
- Craig v. Iowa Kemper Mutual Insurance Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1978
- Terry v. Aetna Casualty and Surety CompanyTennessee Supreme Court · 1974
- Benzer v. Iowa Mutual Tornado Insurance Ass'nSupreme Court of Iowa · 1974
- Rita S. White, and Allstate Insurance Company, Third-Party v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- Lemars Mutual Insurance Co. v. JofferSupreme Court of Iowa · 1998
- Kapadia v. Preferred Risk Mutual Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1988
- Kluiter v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1987
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