Legal Opinion
Continental Casualty Company v. Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Company
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided August 24, 2017No. 2016-CA-00359-SCTPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KITCHENS, JUSTICE,
FOR THE COURT:
1f 1. As Greg Peters and Mike Williams were attempting to position, Peters’s fishing boat on its trailer, the winch handle recoiled, struck, and seriously injured Williams. Peters, who owned the truck, the trailer, and the boat, had two liability insurance policies covering bodily injury: his truck and trailer were insured by Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Company (Allstate) and his boat was insured by Continental Casualty Company (Continental). Ultimately, the insurers settled with Williams for $460,000, each paying $230,000' toward the total…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Brown v. Credit Center, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1983
- United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co. of Mississippi v. MartinMississippi Supreme Court · 2008
- Broussard v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2008
- Brown v. Hartford Ins. Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1992
- Leaf River Forest Products, Inc. v. DeakleMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
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