Legal Opinion
United States v. Government Employees Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 20, 1971No. 30692PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Per curiam
An Air Force Master Sergeant was seriously injured in an automobile collision with an uninsured motorist. His automobile liability policy provided $10,000 uninsured motorist coverage, and the insurer offered to pay him the full amount. The United States claimed of the insurer $2,254 expense incurred by it in medical care and treatment of the Sergeant, basing its claim on the Federal Medical Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2651(a) and the terms of the policy itself.1 The District Court entered a judgment for the government, and the insurer appeals.
The insurer and the pertinent policy provisions are…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Government Employees Insurance Company v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- United States v. Commercial Union Insurance GroupDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1969
- United States v. Allstate Insurance CompanyDistrict Court, N.D. Florida · 1969
- United States v. United Services Automobile Ass'nDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1970