Beschnett v. Farmers Equitable Insurance Co.

Otis, Justice.

The issues raised on this appeal are whether the release of a tortfeasor and the satisfaction by his insurer of a verdict in favor of plaintiffs which included special damages for medical expenses, pursuant to the terms of a liability policy, bar plaintiffs from again recovering medical expenses in a separate action against the insurer under the provisions of a so-called medical-payment coverage included in the same policy. Plaintiffs appeal from a summary judgment granted defendant.

The facts are not in dispute. On April 14, 1962, plaintiff William R. Beschnett, Jr., was a…