Hoel v. Crum & Forster Insurance

Vivian K. Hoel, deceased, was a passenger in an automobile driven by Leea Case, which was involved in a collision on December 19,1973, with an uninsured motorist, Della Smith. Mrs. Hoel and her unborn child died as a result of injuries received in the accident. The plaintiff, Gailen R. Hoel, individually and as administrator of his wife’s estate filed a complaint against the defendants Crum and Forster Insurance Company and International Insurance Company under an insurance policy issued by the defendants which named his wife and himself as insureds. Defendants answered and subsequently moved…