Legal Opinion
Aetna Casualty & Surety Company v. Head
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided October 19, 1970No. 45906PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
240 So.2d 280 (1970)
AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY
v.
Mrs. Tom L. HEAD, Jr.
No. 45906.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
October 19, 1970.
Watkins & Eager, Elizabeth Hulen, Jackson, for appellant.
Tennyson & Britt, Jackson, for appellee.
GILLESPIE, Presiding Justice:
This case involves the question of whether the "physical contact" requirement used in defining "hit and run vehicle" in the uninsured motorists clause of an automobile liability policy is satisfied when a soft-drink bottle thrown from an unknown automobile strikes the insured's automobile and injures the insured.
On April 4, 1964, the…
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- George v. Mississippi Farm Bureau Mutual InsuranceMississippi Supreme Court · 1964
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- Travelers Indemnity Co. v. ReddickOhio Supreme Court · 1974
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