Legal Opinion
Pickering v. American Employers Insurance
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided October 13, 1971No. 1151-AppealPublishedCited by 126 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKelleher, J.
On February 28, 1965, the plaintiff was a frontseat passenger in an automobile which was being operated by her friend, Alice E. Lovell. The Lovell car was stopped at a stop sign when it was struck in the rear by a taxicab. The force of the collision threw the plaintiff up against the dashboard and then catapulted her back into the rear portion of the car. The impact of the plaintiff as she struck the upper part of the front seat caused it to become dislodged. The plaintiff’s injuries were such that she was hospitalized on two separate occasions and treated by physicians for an extended period…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Cooper v. Government Employees InsuranceSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1968
- Harleysville Mutual Casualty Co. v. BlumlingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Sellers v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1966
- Bryant v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSupreme Court of Virginia · 1965
- Stephens v. Allied Mutual Insurance CompanyNebraska Supreme Court · 1968
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3Cited by126 opinions
- Brakeman v. Potomac Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Uptegraft v. Home Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1983
- Motor Club of America Insurance v. PhillipsSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1974
- Bibeault v. Hanover InsuranceSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1980
- Johnson Controls, Inc. v. BowesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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