Legal Opinion
Dennis Vanhaaren v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 5, 1993No. 92-1667PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYR, Circuit Judge.
The district court determined that plaintiff Dennis VanHaaren had forfeited coverage under the uninsured motorist policy issued by defendant State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (“State Farm”) by not complying with State Farm’s requests that he submit to an independent medical examination (“IME”). The district court granted summary judgment in favor of State Farm, and VanHaaren appealed. We affirm.
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BACKGROUND
VanHaaren was involved in an automobile collision with an uninsured motorist on July 1, 1989. Alleging permanent back injury, VanHaaren soon exhausted the…
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