Legal Opinion
Bannister v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 5, 2012No. 11-6174, 11-6186PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EBEL, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff James Bannister was injured in a motorcycle accident on the freeway near Oklahoma City in 2009. According to Bannister, he was forced to lay down and slide his motorcycle at a high speed when a car in front of him braked suddenly, that car having been cut off by another car. Bannister slammed into the wall of the freeway and suffered substantial injuries. He did not collide with any other vehicle; neither of the aforementioned cars remained at the scene of the accident; and no witnesses besides Bannister ever gave an account of the crash.
Bannister filed an…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Badillo v. Mid Century Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 2005
- Buzzard v. Farmers Ins. Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1991
- Jaclyn G. Oulds, an Individual v. Principal Mutual Life Insurance Co., an Iowa Corporation and Principal Financial Group, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1993
- Timberlake Construction Co., Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. U.S. Fidelity and Guaranty Co., Defendant-Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1995
- Buzzard v. McDanelSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1987
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