Legal Opinion

United Services Automobile Ass'n v. Markosky

Court of Appeals of South Carolina

Decided April 24, 2000No. 3157PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOWARD, Judge:

United Services Automobile Association (USAA) brought this action seeking a determination that State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company owes coverage to the full extent of its insured’s liability policy limits. State Farm appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to USAA, asserting that it is only liable for the minimum statutory limits, rather than the full policy amount, where its insured breached the cooperation clause in the policy. We reverse.

FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On November 20, 1994, Douglas J. Markosky was injured when the bicycle he was riding…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. DeWitt v. YoungSupreme Court of Kansas · 1981
  2. Equity Mutual Insurance Co. v. Spring Valley Wholesale Nursery, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1987
  3. Arceneaux v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceArizona Supreme Court · 1976
  4. Dotts v. Taressa J.A.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1990
  5. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. BallmerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1995

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Williams v. Government Employees InsuranceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2014
  2. Hansen Ex Rel. Hansen v. United Services Automobile Ass'nCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2002
  3. Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. RhodenSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2012
  4. Lincoln General Insurance v. Progressive Northern InsuranceCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2013
  5. Neumayer v. Philadelphia IndemnitySupreme Court of South Carolina · 2019

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