Legal Opinion
Smith v. Midwest Mutual Insurance Company
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided December 1, 1972No. 1271A256PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSullivan, J.
The basic issue of this appeal concerns the status of an insurer-intervenor in a suit by the plaintiff-insured against a motorist but in which plaintiff makes no allegation concerning whether the defendant is or is not insured.
Roger Ray Smith was injured when the motorcycle he was driving and an automobile operated by Ross D. DeLong collided. Smith filed his complaint for personal injuries against DeLong, a non-resident, on March 28, 1969. Process was served upon DeLong’s agent, the Secretary of State of Indiana. The complaint neither alleges that DeLong is an uninsured motorist nor names…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- State Ex Rel. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. CraigMissouri Court of Appeals · 1963
- Tobin v. McClellanIndiana Supreme Court · 1947
- Heisner v. JonesNebraska Supreme Court · 1969
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3Cited by32 opinions
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