Legal Opinion
Balestrieri v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Insurance
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided December 17, 1974No. 1 CA-CIV 2233PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HATHAWAY, Chief Judge.
The question before us is whether an insurance company can contractually restrict its uninsured motorist coverage to situations in which there is physical contact between the insured and a “hit-and-run” vehicle without violating the legislative policy of A.R.S. § 20-259.01 requiring automobile liability insurers to provide uninsured motorist coverage.
The trial court made the following findings of fact to which neither party objects:
“On January 20, 1971, Nicholas Balestrieri was traveling in a northerly direction in the center lane on Interstate Highway 1-70. An…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Touchette v. Northwestern Mutual InsuranceWashington Supreme Court · 1972
- Porter v. Empire Fire and Marine Insurance CompanyArizona Supreme Court · 1970
- Brown v. Progressive Mutual Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Florida · 1971
- Amidzich v. Charter Oak Fire InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1969
- State Farm Fire and Casualty Company v. LambertSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Calvert v. Farmers Ins. Co. of ArizonaArizona Supreme Court · 1985
- Balestrieri v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity InsuranceArizona Supreme Court · 1975
- Montoya v. Dairyland Insurance CompanyDistrict Court, D. New Mexico · 1975
- Williams v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1975
- Rohret v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1979
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