Brunner v. Secretary of State

Plaintiff suffered personal injuries in an automobile accident with an uninsured motorist. He filed a claim against his insurer under the uninsured motorist provision in his policy, which provided a maximum coverage of $10,000 for any one injury. Plaintiff and his insurer settled for $8500. Plaintiff then filed an action against the uninsured motorist, was awarded a judgment of $19,000, and subsequently sought to recover $10,-000 of this judgment from the Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund.

The fund offered $9000, contending, that the $10,000 maximum liability limit of plaintiffs policy rather…