Legal Opinion
Evans v. Farmers Insurance Exchange
Wyoming Supreme Court
Decided November 9, 2001No. 00-28PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEHMAN, Chief Justice.
[¶ 1] Lee and Linda Evans suffered emotional distress as a result of witnessing the impact and immediate aftermath of an automobile accident in which their son was seriously injured as the result of a third party's negligence. When the third party's insurance coverage was exhausted, the Evans couple looked to the underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage they held through Farmers on the vehicle they had been driving at the time of witnessing their son's injuries. Farmers agreed that the Evanses had suf fered trauma but refused to cover purely emotional or psychic injury…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Lavanant v. General Accident Insurance Co. of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
- Doctors' Co. v. Insurance Corp. of AmericaWyoming Supreme Court · 1993
- St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co. v. Albany County School District No. 1Wyoming Supreme Court · 1988
- Wolter v. Equitable Resources Energy Co.Wyoming Supreme Court · 1999
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