Lee v. John Deere Insurance

In this case we must decide whether the failure of an insurance company to comply strictly with the statutory requirement that it provide a space in its motor vehicle coverage application form for the applicant to sign or initial indicating a decision to reject uninsured-motorist coverage operates to impose underinsured-motorist coverage in an amount equal to the bodily injury liability limits. In a declaratory judgment action brought by the estate of a plaintiff killed in an accident, the circuit court answered that question in the affirmative and reformed the issued policy to provide…